I wish to talk about our Nation's indebtedness. I know very few people watch these presentations. But to my friends on the other side, before they turn their monitors off, this is not a partisan presentation. Hopefully, it is a…

The fact is, I don't think there is anybody in this body who would consciously wake up and spend every day of their life taking lavish vacations, going to nice hotels, eating out at night, running that up on a credit card, and then leaving…

Actually, I think if we lost control of a lot of things around here, it would be good, so----

I will believe it when I see it.

What is the Administration afraid of when every month we lose jobs and wealth that we will never recover?

I am increasingly coming to the view that the only person in this room who believes China is not manipulating its currency is you.

What is the Administration afraid of? You know we are right. You know the United States is put at a terrible disadvantage.

China's currency manipulation is like a boot to the throat of our recovery and this Administration refuses to try and pick that boot--take that boot off our neck.

I know we are not going to resolve the issue of the rub today.

I want to thank you for the historical perspective, which is also always very useful.

I look forward to carrying on this conversation with these folks later on.

I want to go back to comments I made last November or December and say that this type of hearing is exactly the reason that I think this is a great Committee.