We have got to get off the road of spending and borrowing and get on the road to a lean and productive Government.

Simply put, these claims are detached from reality, and they undermine efforts to tackle our growing debt danger.

We need honest budgeting. We have got to have that, facts-based budgeting, not fantasy budgeting.

The President has yet to look the American people in the eye and explain the basic fact that we have run out of money.

If we continue down this path of spending and borrowing recklessly, we will leave America weakened and diminished.

Mr. President. I am pleased to be joined by my colleague, Senator Collins, as we introduce the REAP Reauthorization Act of 2011. Nearly one-third of America's public schools are in rural places, and 23 percent of our students attend these…

And if we are not investing in infrastructure in America, we are making a big, big mistake.

I have rarely seen a witness who is better prepared or does a better job of defending his position than you do, and I just want to thank you for the leadership you have provided.

I think we have to apply the additional test now, is it being paid for, because we cannot just add to the charge card when we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend.

So we are not the individual States of America. We are the United States of America, and if we are going to be strong, I do not think the best can be, it has to be in my State or I am not going to support its funding.

I think the test has to be, is it good for the country.