There is really no alternative.

We have doubled the national debt over the last 9 years. We are getting ready to double it again over the next 8 years.

I hope there will be an opportunity for the Congress to reconsider its rejection of the Conrad-Gregg proposal.

Those are jobs that are going to be right here in this country.

I just do not think it is realistic.

We are on a collision course with reality, and the reality is we cannot afford as a Nation all of the things that we are doing.

I will tell you, I don't know what is happening as a culture, but when we have the national news media obsessing on Michael Jackson and obsessing on side issues...

I hope is not waiting around for the health care bill, which has a lot of important building blocks in it, to pass.

It would be a profound mistake not to have a plan to deal with this longer-term debt challenge.

These things contribute to the economic strength of the country or the depletion of our strength.

There is going to have to be serious money spent there so that the energy needs of the country can be met efficiently.

We have got to--our first obligation is to defend this Nation, and we have got to provide the resources to do that.