I would much prefer, sign me up enthusiastically for what Senator Gregg has described as investment that is going to make us more efficient and more competitive.

There have got to be prosecutions of criminal wrongdoing, and it is breathtaking.

I want to welcome everyone to the Budget Committee today. The hearing this morning will focus on the debt outlook and its implications for policy.

the commitment we made to the Secretary's people was we would get him out of here at 12:15, and we are close to that.

I very much want to see that separate, not because I am not supporting doing something on cap-and-trade, because I am and have very specific ways that I believe that we can work together to get there.

I remember when our previous Vice President said that deficits don't matter, and, in fact, we all know that they do.

the budget as is, in my judgment, just as it has been written, probably can't pass here.

I have tried to say that publicly. But, you know, we have got a responsibility here, too.

the proposal here is to expand in health care and put in place $636 billion in new spending

what we are really doing here is giving them a government that is not sustainable or affordable

It will again. But it needs leadership.

I do not want to be part of any papering over or slipping by or not facing up to... a fundamental threat to the economic security of the country.