Rob Portman

I take the position that we should have an all of the above strategy.

I think it was 130 thousand, if I'm not mistaken.

I agree with you entirely.

Thanks to the work of Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Murkowski we now have 10 additional bipartisan provisions.

More education on what people can do, more technical assistance working through the States would be very helpful.

It will save taxpayers a lot in the long run.

It does have incentives. It does rely on the market.

I worry that the Federal Reserve is trying to use its monetary policy hammer, in effect, to solve a problem that is really not a monetary problem.

I would tell you there are millions of Americans not benefitting, historic levels of long-term unemployment.

So you would just continue to increase taxes, that is your solution?

The deficit and debt projection over the next 10 years is worse not better, adding another $10 trillion to the debt.

I am very disappointed in the budget, and it is for the simple reason that we are not addressing the fundamental issue we all know exists.

We have to address it. And if we do not, we will face consequences you talked earlier, including the possibility of a fiscal crisis.

I am disappointed in the budget, as you know.

Economic growth through tax reform, would that make sense, lowering the rate and broadening the base?

I think that $1 trillion in new taxes does have an effect on workers.

We are heading toward record high tax revenues over the decade, nearly record low discretionary spending.

I appreciate your holding the hearing. You're right, it is historic that we're talking about this.

I would like to hear more about that, understanding how this differs from natural gas in terms of the market.

It looks like we can afford to export. Still help our manufacturers in places like Ohio achieve what is happening which is unbelievable.

Eighty-four cases, seven substantiated, what do you know----

I am talking about, in those seven cases, were their managers disciplined if they were found to have condoned it----

I think we need to learn, though, from what happened.

Well, we would like some more information on that.

We are not punching above our weight. We are punching below our weight, as they say.