I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.

The challenge for any government is how do you do two things at the same time. How do you put money forward for things like the payroll tax holiday, for things like getting a jump-start on infrastructure, for building schools, and make the decisions for long-term deficit reduction.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.