Jason Altmire: “For every $1 billion we spend on wastewater infrastructure, we can create approximately 28,000 jobs in communities…”

Simply put, veterans and seniors are not the cause of our deficits, so we should not look to them to solve our current crisis.

The passage of last summer's Budget Control Act sent a strong, bipartisan message to the country that we are serious about reducing our deficit.

Last night the Senate did what great deliberative bodies are supposed to do--they worked together. They compromised. They accommodated other point of views, and they got the job done. Yes, it was a little bit late. It wasn't exactly timed…

We have no additional speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.