First, the year 2004, the year past, the Comptroller General of the United States, David A. Walker, said that arguably it was the worst year in American fiscal history, clearly setting our Nation on an unsustainable path.

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy.

The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.