Which is, would you be open to conducting such a review to ensure decisions are being arrived at upon--in a consistent and equitable manner?

Off-hand would you know any rules, regulations, or statutes that would give them the ability to deny us access to the recommendations from their components or the list of people who were recommended for debarment or suspension and then…

I do not think the way we fix that is cutting the Social Security Administration by 5,000 people when the work load is going up.

This is an important time for the Disability Insurance Program, and I am committed to making sure the benefits millions of Americans and their families count on are there for them, while also making the program work better.

Why would we have a Disability Trust Fund that says, 'Do you know what? If you go back to work, you are going to lose your benefit.' Why? We can do better than that.

Louisiana is a huge maritime State, as you know, the third longest coastline in the Nation, 5 of the top 15 tonnage ports in the United States.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

But you do recognize that the Oil Pollution Act also has a savings clause that allows for State authorities, State laws, to continue to apply in cases when they don't--they generally conflict with Federal law.

the higher the price, the better for taxpayers, because the revenues come to the State--excuse me, come to the United States.

We cannot keep kicking the can down the road. The American people want, need and deserve a solution.

I will give you my public commitment, as you have given your public commitment to me, to work in a bipartisan basis to accomplish good reforms for the disabled and the recipients of these benefits.

It means robbing Peter to pay Paul.

We have to have legislation to avert that.

We are going to improve that program, and we are going to allow you to have the greatest maximum capability of your life.

We need a fix.

I do not want my kids to be facing a 25 percent reduction.

So the President's plan basically doubles the retirement program's shortfall in order to give disability more money. Is that correct?

Maybe we could declare National Fix Social Security Day.