More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care.

President Bush is manufacturing a crisis by suggesting that Social Security is in imminent danger. It is not.

It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.

Trade can really be good for American workers and American businesses.

Inherited wealth, that is not what America is based upon.

Let me say at the outset that I do not reflexively oppose international trade.

We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town.