"So austerity too fast and spending cuts too soon and tax increases that would have a negative impact in economic growth, that is the fiscal cliff that you are speaking of?"
"But beyond that, does the Fed accept as collateral for foreign debt sovereign debt of foreign countries?"
"The way the law of the land is structured, we can't lend money to the IMF without the authorization of the Congress of the United States."
"And it is a 30-day provision, so we would expect that within the next three or four weeks in front of Congress, the decision-making there."
"Now, is the Treasury considering being involved in the IMF's NAB, the new arrangement to borrow facility?"
"Are you considering additional contributions to the special IMF European bailout fund?"
"I am interested to hear how our Nation's foremost economic experts and authorities view the Euro's own crisis."
"The President's budget that he submitted this year puts us in a very harsh spiral based on the debt-to-GDP ratio, based on the tax increases, and for not addressing the cost drivers of our budget."
"We have doubled the budget of the Department of Energy in 2009 and yet we are paying twice as much at the pumps."
"The anger that my constituents have of the cost at the pumps is very real."
"the production of oil on public lands has actually gone down under your Administration's watch."