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

I have had enough colleagues now tell me that about enough provisions in this budget to absolutely assure we cannot pass a budget.

I find it unlikely that climate change legislation will pass that does not have some allocations reserved for especially hard-hit industries.

I do believe there are important priorities here in energy, reducing our dependence on foreign energy.

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

It will again. But it needs leadership.

If you do not deal with the long-term imbalances, our country is going to look like a Banana Republic.

the right answer is not zero with respect to the housing crisis and the financial sector.

If we are not the best educated people in the world, we cannot long expect to be the most powerful country in the world.

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