"The lead development agency, as far as I am concerned, in the United States Government has to be USAID."
"It is important to note that we did not invent the concept of a budget deficit."
"Many on the other side of the aisle recently have taken the position that deficits are a bad thing, while simultaneously ignoring the significant contributions of their own actions to increase the nat..."
"Although we did not create the deficit, we have a moral responsibility to address long-term deficits."
"This year, 24 Republicans joined us in fiscal responsibility."
"The unspent and repaid TARP funds represent the single largest opportunity for deficit reduction in our nation's history."
"I am worried about the fraying of the safety net at the state and local level."
"It was done at the price of political support in the other body. Because, as Ms. DeLauro pointed out, not a single member of that minority party here in this body was even willing to talk about the le..."
"I was very heartened to hear you say that, in your paper, since you have gone to Brookings, you call for a combination of spending cuts and tax increases."
"So the private sector, the free market, in fact, had failed, is that correct?"
"Does the public have any interest at all in wanting to see some kind of rational compensation limits in a company it has bailed out, the biggest in its history?"
"Does that seem a rational concern on our part to you?"