"It is imperative that the Congress begin to act immediately, and the failure to do so could indeed signal the end of the Republic as we know it."
"If you don't have that, it is not going to work."
"So it is my strong belief that the Republican Party unilaterally will not be able to solve those issues, nor will the Democrat Party in this chamber, or in either chamber, solve the issues of Social S..."
"Ultimately, we have to have the political courage to act and that decision and responsibility is ours."
"I believe a commission with membership from Members of Congress as well as outside experts is necessary and timely right now."
"Of course, deficits and debt matter."
"Why not have the Oversight Committee actually do oversight on some of the more expensive government activities and see where money can be saved rather than holding wasteful hearings on Hunter Biden an..."
"If you believe, as most do, that it would be better for us not to have trillion dollar annual deficits and $33 trillion in debt, the course of action is not a mystery."
"I go from thumping to gaveling."
"Do we want to be the highest taxed business, job creators in the world or do we want to be the most competitive?"
"If we implement President Biden's tax rates that he proposes in his budget, number one, it is almost $5 trillion dollars in new taxes."