I believe that we are already in the early stages of a fiscal train wreck.
The President has to lead. The President has to say, 'This is what I would do to fix this problem.'
I believe this debt threat is an imminent threat to the Nation.
Revenue as a share of our national income is the lowest it has been in 60 years.
The only thing worse than being for this is being against it.
we did get 11 of 18 to agree--five Democrats, five Republicans, one Independent. And we reduced the debt $4 trillion over the next 10 years.
I did not see the kind of leadership I hoped for in the State of the Union.
I think it has been inappropriate for the administration to raise the specter of a default on our debt.
All of us--all of us--have to be in on the solution.
I believe history will condemn us all if we do not do substantially more for the decade than is in this budget.
the risk to this country is untenable. Absolutely untenable.