He wants an additional $18 billion that is not in the budget. And my question to him is, this is spending you say is needed. How do you intend to pay for it? |
He's highly intelligent. He has strong credentials. He is a conservative, but I think he is mainstream conservative, |
His tax cut is so big that he leaves no money to pay for a new prescription drug benefit without using the Medicare trust fund, |
I am impressed with his demeanor, his intelligence, his sense of humor, his modesty, ... Absent some bombshell, which I don't expect, I think he will be confirmed and quite handily. |
I became involved in helping those with arthritis - and those with other diseases that could benefit from access to self-injected medications - because I strongly believe people suffering from these illnesses should have access to the best medical care available today. |
I believe President Bush's campaign promises are unraveling, ... He claimed we could afford his massive tax cut, a major defense buildup, more money for education, while paying down the debt and protecting Social Security and Medicare. He was wrong. |
I believe they have an affirmative obligation to come up with spending cuts or new revenue to prevent us from raiding the Medicare and Social Security trust funds, |
I don't think giving enemy combatants access to the federal court system is a precedent we want to set, |
I found him to be extraordinarily intelligent, and he has assured me that he brings no ideological agenda to the Supreme Court. He wants to be a justice for all of the people. |
I think he can get from 75 to 80 votes. |
I think it is unlikely, absent some new information, some bombshell that comes up in the process, that I would support a filibuster. |
I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them. |
If people saw how big the deficit really is, they'd feel more of a need to do something about it. |
If we prevail, this would have to go back to the House. |
If you are not able to pay down the debt, that means that the federal government is in competition with private-sector borrowers for money, driving up the costs of interest rates and that's a hidden tax on every American family -- higher mortgage payments, higher car payments, higher college loan payments, |