Those two numbers lead inevitably to disaster and cannot be tolerated for an extended period of time.

Our Nation's economic future will remain at risk until we confront the long-term fiscal challenge before us.

I think it is critical that on the second item, which is the spending--we make sure that all that spending that we undertake... be one-time events.

I do greatly respect much of what has been said by President-elect Obama on how they intend to address this issue relative to the stimulus package.

This is utterly unsustainable.

We need stimulus badly, but we need it in the right places.

Which is not accomplished under this budget.

I do not want to debate Yucca.

If there is any doubt about the importance of facing up to these long-term imbalances, the news that was spread across the front page of the New York Times today on 'China Losing Taste For Debt From U.S.' ought to be a warning signal to us…

What is the risk to the taxpayer in that trillion dollars?

I do not see how your budget does anything other than put us in a position where we get a Nation that our children cannot afford and that is not productive.