On the recordFebruary 1, 2011
I am glad to be here today with the Senator from Missouri, my friend Claire McCaskill. We are introducing a bill called the Commitment to American Prosperity Act, the CAP Act. It is a 10-page bill designed to limit spending in Washington and set our country back on a sustainable fiscal path. I spent a lifetime in business, and I came to the Senate not to score political points, not to be involved in messaging, but to solve our country's problems. Everyone in this body understands we have tremendous fiscal and financial issues with which to deal. I know the Congressional Budget Office just said that this year alone we will have a $1.5 trillion budget deficit. I think everyone in this body is very aware that we cannot continue on that path. For that reason, Senator McCaskill and I have crafted a 10-page bill, a very simple bill.
