"Are we as a Nation spending too much on foreign wars and foreign bases rather than on education and infrastructure?"
"Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciated the reference, Mr. Chairman, to the Small Business Lending Fund, which was a proposal that I developed in response to a problem we saw in community banks in Ore..."
"the employment goals also are impacted by the ability of us to sell our products overseas."
"This remains both a huge factor affecting the quality of life for families and their ability to look positively on the future."
"the vast bulk of the subsidy goes to the families who need it the least in terms of actually becoming homeowners."
"the idea is that now you have a working family of modest means that is buying a very modest house, and we are helping them become homeowners."
"I want to compliment my colleague from Oregon, Senator Wyden, for consistently and effectively raising the issue of tax simplification."
"I think the United States as a whole seems to have a parallel problem."
"Is there a rational argument for this? Or is this just plain out a crazy thing to do, to subsidize the construction of factories that compete with American factories?"
"So let me press that a little bit because the problem seems to be..."
"I think that it is a good idea."