Ron Johnson

We do not have enough troops to do what would be necessary in this kind of an event.

How do you explain that 8 years after the 2008 EMP Commission, the GAO reports to this Committee that we have done none of these--performed any of these recommendations?

Not at a massive level. Let us be clear. Not at a massive level like the Carrington Event.

So Iran is gaining strength in Syria.

Is it not true that diplomacy follows facts on the ground?

A big part of the problem--and you know this--is that two-thirds of the Federal budget is on automatic pilot.

There is another movement afoot in the country and that is to force you to do it--and that is being done through a Convention of States.

To have a 4-year plan, where we could knock $100 billion a year out of the Federal Government, would go a long way toward solving our problems.

There are multiple recommendations in there that will save billions and billions and billions of dollars every year that you have not acted on.

So, what I would suggest to you is that there is tons to be done--even in an election year--that can make a great difference.

That, to me--in my experience--that is my opinion--is where we are, today, in our country.

The standard of living in this country--although increased--the median family income is exactly the same as it was in 1988--and there are reasons for that.

Nobody knows what a trillion is, but, when you are telling a young family with two small kids that, 'By the way, here is the debt burden that is coming to you over the next 25 years,' you had better be prepared for it.

They see that liberty at risk. They also see the rule of law at risk.

Transparency is great for our country--and that is what we need.

I think he has exactly the skills and aptitude we want right now to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service.

The Members of Congress would actually hold their oath of office to support and defend the Constitution and jealously guard their powers, which is not happening.

One of the most bizarre moments of my lifetime is when President Obama stood in front of Congress and told them, I intend to circumvent Congress.

I have argued that one of the great solutions that we could see in our lifetime would be to change standing, particularly to allow legislative standing.

I am surprised that it is partisan.

When you hear the other--I do not know what the exact stats are, but one in 20, one in ten. I mean, that is part of the problem, is this is enormously expensive, unfortunately.

It costs somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000 per year to incarcerate somebody.

Is there any danger to having that in the general population? Is there any abuse of that drug?

Senator Johnson's released a bill that will eliminate the pain scale, effectively.

I want to first thank Senator Baldwin for making this a very nice bipartisan effort and getting us a little bit closer here.