"Instead of encouraging work and taking home higher pay, the programs can create disincentives to work."
"One of the tenets of the American dream is that no matter what your circumstances are, if you work hard here in America, that you can succeed."
"I am very concerned about transportation funding, because it is necessary to have good roads and bridges all the way across the country to move commerce."
"I come from a part of the country that a lot of folks refer to as flyover country. I call it home."
"I am concerned about that, especially being from a part of the country where we just don't have public transportation as an option."
"We do not want to hollow out the center of this country by forcing high costs on people that can't afford it."
"Okay. Thank you very much."
"Do you have any idea of the dollar amount change that that encompassed?"
"I take it very seriously that our job here today is to try to discuss the programs that we have out there, the dollars that are being spent, and make sure that we do restore integrity where there is o..."
"The Congressional Budget Office reports that fugitive felons will receive up to $5 billion in Social Security and SSI benefits in the next decade unless we enact reforms such as the CUFF Act."
"I tend to be a person who usually sides on the side of the argument to give the States flexibility."