Jim Renacci: “The problem is we have no sense of urgency. That is the real problem.”

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

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

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.

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