If we can have policies that will encourage maximizing economic growth, all problems are easier to solve with a strong, growing economy.

I think we should be very conscious of the fact that reducing tax expenditures, it matters very much which ones and how we were to go about doing it.

But I think it is worth noting, and I think you will all agree, that the growth in Federal revenue is related to the growth of the economy.

Meaningful structural reform means getting away from fee-for-service.

I would like to make another point about this which has to do with inflation.

I would just urge us to consider that there is another theory here, which is that Government can't really create demand on balance.

The main reason that total revenue as a percentage of GDP is so much lower than the historical levels is because we have an economy that is still effectively in a recession.

I think if you want everybody to have prescription drugs, then I don't know why in the world you wouldn't have Medicare negotiate with the drug companies for prescription drugs if the taxpayers are going to pay for them.

There could not be a worse time, I believe, to give an unelected and unaccountable bureaucrat a blank check.

It blatantly violates the spirit of our democratic system of Government.

No one person should have so much unfettered power over the American people.

At a time when our Nation's unemployment rate is over 9 percent, this would be a very dangerous gamble.