I hope to be vigilant with respect to counterterrorism, border security, the effective administration of our immigration laws, responding to natural disasters.

I think that in general, the professionals who I have consulted... seem to feel that we need to move in the direction of a risk-based approach to homeland security.

As you pose it, I think my answer would be no.

I want to call on my colleagues, both Democrat and Republican, to join me in voting to confirm him as soon as possible.

I really believe the Federal Government has a role in basic research because there's no profit motive

we are truly doing a service to our--disservice to our kids.

I chose it based on whether I could get a job and what that job would pay.

achievement really requires rigor and hard work, and that's the message we need to start really conveying to our young people.

the slowly growing cancer in America is a growing culture of entitlement and dependency

I come before you today to introduce a piece of legislation which is timely and very much needed. One of the reasons I decided to run for the Senate was the passage of the health care law. The reason I thought it was pretty important is…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin pertaining to the introduction of S. 1617 are printed…

I really would like to think that we can have politics end at the water's edge.

From my standpoint, we are dealing with the fiscal situation here. We are dealing with financial problems.

If there is one thing that has driven me nuts as an accountant is the inability to come up with a common set of numbers.

I rise to speak to an amendment I filed on H.J. Res. 59, the continuing resolution. It is a pretty simple amendment. It simply prohibits that funds be used for a government contribution for the health insurance of Members of Congress and…

It seems to me that one solution is to include more long-term care costs within Medicare, perhaps raising premiums, raising taxes, raising payroll taxes.

If it were up to me, I would set you free. I am incredibly impressed with what you are trying to do and the challenges you face.

I keep hearing that the retirement system, the health care system, has been overfunded improperly.

So that is why the focus going forward has to be not the timing of this agreed-upon decision to honor the retiree health costs.

If I am a retired Postal worker, I would be kind of concerned about the overall package that I have been promised and the financial stability of the Postal system to make those payments?

Also a couple years ago, as I was running, I did my own little model. I am an accountant. I do spread sheets.

it is just a matter of a policy decision by the Congress.

isn't that the main driver in terms of the financial situation of--again, I think it is----

If so, it would be bankrupt. That is what the accounting tells you.

That would be something I would like to find out. It is kind of a key point.