If we get this wrong, and if credibility is diminished because of these moves, and if expectations form around price increases, then we do have a big interest rate problem.

one of the best things we can do for short-term economic growth is to put out a plan that actually stabilizes our fiscal picture.

Nobody in this Congress should be playing political games when it comes to the full faith and credit of the United States.

I firmly believe that a course correction here in Washington is sorely needed to help get us back on the right track.

Washington is creating much of this uncertainty, and the explosive growth of our federal debt is by far the biggest source of this uncertainty.

Continued uncertainty about our economic future is hindering job creation today.

I hope that, in addressing our long-term fiscal challenges, the Congress and the Administration will undertake reforms to the government's tax policies and spending priorities.

Let's not gamble with the full faith and credit of our nation.

Endless borrowing is not a strategy. We must restore the foundations of economic growth--low taxes, spending restraint, reasonable regulations, and sound money.

Washington is creating much of this uncertainty.

I don't know why those rules can't apply to government as well.