Judd Gregg: “I have a modification of my amendment No. 1220 which I send to the desk and ask be accepted. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…”

That is actually why I was so encouraged by the President putting 'change CPI' on the table.

Design the programs. Decide how large the government is going to be. Do a tax reform to finance it.

I subscribe to Senator Gregg's emphasis on value-based reimbursement. I think we're making progress on Medicare. It's not hopeless.

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…