I think they have got a heavy burden to carry to make the argument that we should add substantial costs to health care.

The debt of the United States doubled over the last 8 years. It is set to, I believe, double again in the next 8 unless we change our long-term policy.

Senator Gregg's nomination to be the Commerce Secretary represents a great loss for the U.S. Senate and a great gain for the Obama administration.

A handful of people created, through excessive greed and dishonestly creating all of these esoteric financial tools which nobody understands.

I think I agree with Senator Conrad on this.

the key is getting it out into the economy now.

I share the assessment of Senator Conrad and Dr. Johnson that the IMF's forecast for mildly positive global growth is optimistic.

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

$350 billion is a staggering amount of money. Staggering.

Absent the first TARP, the system would have collapsed.

I think it is very, very important what Senator Bunning was talking about.