Jim DeMint: “Programs that duplicate each other, and outdated mandates, must be streamlined, eliminated, and merged.”

To paraphrase Ambassador Ryan Crocker, we need to be in the business of risk management, not risk avoidance.

We've got to determine what we're going to do about it. A missile defense is going to be a key.

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.

His proposal was so outlandish, I don't think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with.