What I would really like to explore is...are those executive actions going to help the problem or is it going to exacerbate the problem?

I do not want to touch that prosecution. You take care of it.

Senator Carper and I are both big into root causes.

We would not be discussing DHS funding today had President Obama not taken the unilateral executive action.

I think you can tell by the emphasis we are putting on border security and our immigration system, that this is a top priority of this Committee and I want to work with you and start working toward some solutions to provide greater…

the message being heard is if you can just get your children or yourself across the border by any means and stay here long enough, you will enjoy the full benefits of citizenship in the United States.

I am pleased to see the Senate is back at it and perhaps we can get some action in the House.

I think that is part of the purpose of this hearing, should there be greater enforcement?

We have to get a coherent, long-term approach to border frontier.

The entire deficit over the next 30 years is $127 trillion.

So, let me focus in on Social Security, because you might be a little bit more familiar with those.

My concern is if the Government got involved, is the incentive for investment might be reduced.

I do not personally think that is sustainable.

If you are going to solve a problem, you have to properly define it.

We really do not know how to pay for them.

Over the next 30 years, Social Security will pay out $14.6 trillion more in benefits than it takes in the payroll tax.

We need more taxpayers. And, that is going to happen by the capital investment that individuals make, not what the government spends.

CBO has analyzed in great detail the long-term consequences of deficit spending.

The ability to tap human potential has changed dramatically since the program was first created in 1956.

So, the Disability Trust Fund is going to run out, according to your current paper here, about 2017.

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem.

We had a President years ago that said, 'The buck stops here.' and we need to stop the buck.

economic growth really does provide the revenue Senator Warner was talking about. We need to concentrate on that.

The President seems to believe that we need to deficit spend today and for the next ten years in order to, in his words, 'invest in initiatives to help the middle class.'

We have actually done about 81 percent of Simpson-Bowles.