"We can't kick the can down the road, and it is just going to get worse if we do."
"We have a 50-year low in unemployment. That is powerful."
"So we don't want to go backward. We have five out of eight people living paycheck to paycheck."
"If it is not, I don't see us getting anywhere."
"We can't grow out of this, like we can't grow out of the $22 trillion in debt."
"Wages and income have grown. They have grown almost 3½ percent."
"The WEP, the Windfall Elimination Provision, has affected my State as much as any."
"It is mind-boggling for the American people to do the math on $22 trillion and, in 10 years, $33 trillion."
"the greatest threat to the future of this country is this debt path, and the prospects of a sovereign debt crisis."
"The notion that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the benefits accrued to the wealthy is just patently false."
"We didn't solve health care with big-government solutions."
"it is a great opportunity for rural America to have a seat at the table where a lot of the big problems that we face as a country are being worked out."