Steve Kagen: “The return to transparency in the budget process is welcome, and long overdue.”

We can do that by helping to evolve our health care system back to community-based ratings so there is no discrimination against any citizen, not just because of the color of their skin but their skin chemistry, not just the content of…

all across America and Wisconsin, people are demanding lower gas prices and affordable health care, not more debt. In recent weeks, our Nation has experienced a dramatic decline in home values. And when our home values decline and…

Does it bother you at all that we don't have any oversight in Iraq, where 20 percent of the money we're putting in, no receipts, no oversight at all, and it's a culture of corruption? Does that bother you at all?

I think that you're headed toward the philosophy that I think America really believes in, getting back to the basics and putting the letters U-N-I-T-Y, unity, back into community.