Whatever one calls it, it is not what Senator Gregg and I have tried to send as a message.

We must also address climate change. The scientific consensus is clear.

I am a strong advocate of PAYGO, but to me this is way beyond what PAYGO can do.

Obviously, if you lived through the Great Depression you may have seen it, but nobody else has seen it.

we will pass on to our children in the very near future, at about the end of 4 years from now, a debt-to-GDP ratio which is unsustainable

And this represents the best of our democracy, having a serious debate about serious things.

We have to get real estate prices and the real estate portfolios stabilized.

The problem is housing. You will not get the results you want from that money.

I do not believe it has ever been more clear that our Nation's economic and national security are directly linked to our energy policy.

I certainly salute his transparency, putting on the table things we know are going to be expenditures.

This credit crunch is real and it is having a ripple effect way beyond what we had seen in the 1982 downturn.

They have been very focused on the long-term issues that confront the country with the budget and the complete unsustainability of our current course.