Scott Rigell

We must balance our budget, sharply reduce the deficit and stop out of control spending in this Congress, with this President.

I just don't think we can quite grasp the painful reality that America is indeed subject to the laws of finance.

Well, I truly believe that we are well beyond heading toward bankruptcy, that we are indeed bankrupt.

Yet as I see it, the gravest threat to our country is being addressed right here as you prepare our budget for fiscal year 2012.

We have got to change the dates at which people are eligible for Social Security.

Our first national budget priority is to raise an Army, broadly defined, to ensure that we meet our constitutional duty to keep the American people safe.

It is not fair to our grandchildren to leave them this debt.

You know, Americans instinctively know that no family, no business, no country, not even America, can stay on this path of borrowing more than 40 cents out of every dollar that we are spending.

I see this as a conversation, albeit an overhyped one, but it is a conversation that must take place.

So it is with alarm, and frankly with a degree of sadness, that I conclude that the radicalization of our youth... is indeed taking place in this country.

Americans of Muslim faith, they truly are an integral part of our Nation's community and contribute to the quality of life in this country.

You know, these reporting requirements are a classic example of laws that are passed by people who have no clue what it means to go out and create a job and that put precious capital at risk. They're created, these laws, by people who have…

And account for more than 75 percent of new job growth. And according to a study by the Small Business Administration, the cost of complying with the Tax Code is 66 percent higher for small businesses as compared to large businesses.

As a business owner for more than 20 years, I know firsthand that excessive tax paperwork and compliance matters are already major expenses to our small businesses. And the new reporting requirements included in the health care law will…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Forbes Joint Forces Command Amendment. The establishment of a combatant command requires a literal act of Congress. It follows, then, that the closure of a combatant command should involve…

I truly believe, and I don't use these words lightly, that it is a breach of trust to change the deal

I think to raise those premiums or to raise the deductible I think is a breach of trust with those who have served our country.

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