The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.

Social Security was intended to be a guarantee to American workers: it will be there, and it will be there for everyone. We have kept that promise for 70 years, and we can continue to do so if we take time once again to make thoughtful, bipartisan adjustments to the system. It is a pact worth keeping.

The No. 1 issue with women in this country is jobs, and the No. 2 issue is our national security. So, economic security, national security and retirement security.

The American people demand results, not rhetoric, especially when it comes to national security issues.

Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.