Reform or no reform, it will take political courage and leadership to get our fiscal house in order.

There is a lot we can do to fix our broken budget process, but process reform alone cannot work unless members of Congress have the will to make it work.

the only thing that stands between divided government that works for the country and dysfunctional government is the willingness to compromise.

I invited Chairman Ryan to today's hearing, but he made it clear when he decided not to run for President, that he prefers to keep his distance from the Secret Service.

The Clean Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit, which Senator Stabenow mentioned, had a great deal of uptake and really helped to establish battery facilities, wind turbines, solar panels.

We all represent around 700,000 people. Our relatives are on Medicare. It is probably one of the most important programs the Federal Government has or has ever had.

Price controls and Medicare don't work.

If we keep kicking the can down the road and waiting until insolvency is on the doorstep, then the solutions will be that much more dire, that much more bitter, and people will be that much more affected.

I do think that we need to look at the effective corporate tax rates among manufacturers.

I think it misses the larger debate, which is, virtually every other country we are competing against has a value-added tax system that has rebates for its exporters.

I believe this committee can make progress.