I believe that the administration's position is unfortunate, because it is clear that we have a debt problem.
We cannot have the debt limit be something that is a threat to the economy unless policy concessions are made.
All I hear from the administration is that negotiations can only proceed if, first, the President is guaranteed yet another tax hike.
It is not clear to me.
Trust funds in Social Security and health entitlement programs face exhaustion.
I believe we can and should use this as an opportunity to address these problems.
Mr. Secretary, all I am asking is, how much do you want and for how long? I mean, those are two simple questions.
The root of our spending problem is the government's major health care programs.
the commonly repeated notion that questions surrounding spending and the debt limit are Congress's and Congress's alone to answer is, to put...
I put out a penny plan that would take care of the deficit in 2 years and result in a balanced budget.
Now, we do not know what that means--what they mean by a 'clean' increase.