I urge, while this work is going on on the floor, is that the House and the Senate, both sides of the aisle, work toward a longer term CR. I know we are working on reductions in spending which have to take place to keep our government in…

Do you think that's more rhetorical, or do you think there's really substance behind that?

I hope the sign that Joe Biden's going to be working with us is a first step.

There's a lot of discussions about the attractiveness of the dollar as reserve currency.

So obviously as a country we cannot, we cannot do what we're doing any longer to future generations. I think all of us believe that's morally reprehensible.

I will be very, very slow, because it is transactional and our side of the transaction is the only side that to me is being fulfilled.

I supported the Kerry-Lugar efforts and I thank the two leaders for taking--making the strides they did.

So as long as we lack the will to deal intelligently with our fiscal issues, you're going to be under incredible pressure.

I think we had mission creep. We went from a place of not knowing exactly what we were going to do to all of a sudden this overpowering effort on both sides.

I think that in many ways we get played like a piece of music sometimes.

I could not be more delighted to follow our senior Senator, Lamar Alexander, in heavily advocating on behalf of Kevin Sharp.

We are working aggressively to promote sustained economic growth, level playing fields, open markets, and create jobs here at home.