I certainly know that the firefighters and teachers who live in my neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, they would love to pay an 8 percent tax rate.

the average effective rate among those 400 that you mentioned is currently 8 percent?

I think the idea that I have come up with, it is not inherently liberal or conservative or Democratic or Republican, it would give Treasury secretaries of both parties this authority.

The idea that it is only the debt ceiling drama that is needed for us to talk about deficit and debt is not accurate.

I will just say briefly, I am happy to work with you or anyone else on this issue in good faith.

Kevin McCarthy is a coward. He will do whatever it takes to be speaker. It’s almost pathetic.

We cannot have any tolerance for those who are in elected office or otherwise who encourage and incite political violence.

We have essentially been hindered by sequestration for the last decade under the Budget Control Act.

The President's American Jobs Plan is our next opportunity to continue our recovery.

This budget restores our investments in true American values and invests in the American people.

Now is the time to go big and be bold to get America back on track.