There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.

But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits.

People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.