I kneeled in front of 16 battlefield crosses during my 15-month deployment in Afghanistan to say goodbye to my brothers in arms.

This bipartisan legislation will protect the display of those memorials at our Nation's national cemeteries commemorating the service of those who gave their lives for our Nation.

According to table 4.4, page 47, the gross Federal debt increases from $21.3 trillion in 2018 to $33.8 trillion in 2028.

I call it demographics. We have an aging population bubble that is coming through.

It was the economy that was moving. The problem is, we keep narrowing ourselves down to the tax cuts.

God help our children and grandchildren. I say it all the time. I am concerned for them every day.

In my business world, if you came to me and told me revenues were going to increase by 66 percent, I would say, 'We are going to have some record good years.'

We have got some serious problems. Not on the revenue side, because we are growing 60 percent. We have got problems in the spending side because we are growing 80 percent over 10 years.

These programs have to be looked at. They are not sustainable.

I think it is important to have an understanding and to try and decide how confident we can be with CBO.

Because too many times, we make decisions based on the next election, not the next generation.