Mr. Chairman, I want to welcome you back to the committee and congratulate you on being the first to hold a hearing on President-elect Obama's nominees.
I personally believe that we should have been offsetting some of the spending in this stimulus bill today.
I particularly want to thank and congratulate Senator Mikulski for her tremendous work on the Higher Education Act.
The American people deserve solutions, not just debate.
The budget proposes raising the effective tax rate from 35 percent to 41, 42 percent.
This is a budget which has fundamental flaws.
Oh, it was a nice chance to visit with everybody and those of us who are Senators, were able to tell which of our staff worked late.
I look forward to hearing from SBA Administrator Barreto and Associate Administrator Mitchell about what the SBA has accomplished in respons...
Now is not the time to play the blame game. We need to focus on immediate assistance and the rebuilding of the region.
I introduced sweeping legislation with my Ranking Member Senator Kennedy.
Anything we can do to promote financial literacy will make a difference in this country.