Pat Toomey

The goal should be to maximize growth.

If the economy is larger, there is that much more to tax; therefore, more revenue.

We are still laboring under an $800 billion tax increase from the Obama era.

Stronger growth means more job creation, means higher wages, means a better standard of living.

Every problem in America is easier to solve if we have strong economic growth than if we do not.

I think he is the right man for this moment.

Our veterans should be first in line for the best quality health care in America.

Despite the challenges which he has faced, and with which he has been entrusted, he has never forgotten his focus on medicine and his focus on serving others.

Washington, D.C., has long been a city that focuses a lot on titles.

I look forward to continuing our work together to help our Nation's veterans.

So to continue to suggest that we do not have to do anything here is just being dishonest to the young people.

Is there anybody of any age on Social Security where you want to cut their benefits that they are receiving now?

It seems to me that the expenditures are wildly out of line with the severity and the breadth and the scope of this disease.

If we are honest with ourselves as policymakers and we want to make the system patient-friendly, not insurance-friendly or government-friendly, but patient-friendly, then we would make that a priority.

I think you and I share a goal of having health care that is much, much more driven by individuals, families, patients, consumers--consumer-centric rather than bureaucrat-centric, which is what Obamacare is.

I think we agree that we want to make sure those people get the health care they need.

We have a system that is in collapse.

I do think it bears reminding everyone as we talk about Obamacare that certainly the individual market is in a classic death spiral.

The many failures of Dodd-Frank, in my view, include title II, which I believe is a codification of a mechanism to require future bailouts from taxpayers in the event that a large financial institution should fail again.

I think that the U.S. currency has been the most attractive currency to be in for very, very long periods of time.

Would it be a mistake to evaluate whether or not a trade agreement is a good one solely by looking at whether or not we have a trade deficit with the country in question?

I want to thank you for observing some not-too-distant history: the fact that our current Treasury Secretary had investments in the Cayman Islands.

I look forward to working with you and other Members of this Committee to figure out how we can shrink back the liability of a taxpayer while still providing the security for the individuals who want the loans.

Do you share my concern that this massive explosive growth in the FHA's mortgage guarantee business has interfered with a viable private alternative that does not involve taxpayer risk at all?

It strikes me as a misguided notion to measure the success of a Government agency like HUD by the number of people who live in HUD housing.