To the Members here: I appreciate the kind words. Mr. Chairman, we are on the edge of a revolution of being able to understand these massive data sets. If we do this well, maybe the constant conversation we have here between the left and…

You have a much higher degree of expertise. Both of you do in regard to VA issues. I do taxes and Medicare financing. One of the reasons we were hopeful about this is because it is sort of a closed ecosystem. It gives us the chance, as we…

I thank the Chairmen, and one of my favorite ranking members. Mr. Chairman, part of what we are trying to accomplish here--we are going to have two amendments basically in different categories doing this--is if we look over some of the GAO…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''…

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to my intern on my staff for today, Humberto Nicholas Ibarra. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

This is sort of a derivative of the previous amendment. The previous amendment was to speed up and expedite claims. This one is actually now to crawl through, and if my colleagues geek out like I do on how the artificial intelligence…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 26, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 35, line 23, after…

Oddly enough, I get this crazy thing where I will get business models that are built on today's way of healthcare reimbursement, which need sick people to exist. They will come in and say: Okay, I am wearing two hats. For my business, I…

Medicare spending, when I checked about 6 weeks ago, was already up 10 percent in spending this fiscal year.

You have to keep trying. My argument is that there is a path. Madam Speaker, I appreciate you tolerating us, but there is a path where you can make this math work. The problem is it is going to be hard. There are going to be people who are…

This election you just saw, you have the prosperity of your family and the tax code, but you have an opportunity to use that stressor. Mr. Roy, this is actually where my punch line at the end was going to be: Are we nimble enough to use…

The gentleman may want to leave before I do this chart because this chart really upsets people.

No. Now, it is a little more complicated than that because Social Security is on the FICA side. Interest is general fund. Defense is general fund. Medicare is a little tricky, because it is about--I have a chart here I wasn't going to use…

The running joke in our office, and this is one of our tests for the interns--you are going to be tested on this later: What is your government? In one sentence, describe it. It is an insurance company with an army.

It really is the vast majority of the money. Now, it is earned benefits. You earned it. We just don't have the money for it. I am going to light myself on fire. I am going to go out of order.

It is more complicated, and I have to do about a half-hour presentation to talk about it because it is more than just the disability payments that are part of Social Security and SSI.

The gentleman from Texas is my buddy. In some ways he is much more elegant with language. He has the misfortune of being a lawyer. I show up at townhalls and things like that and they say it is defense spending. Then they don't believe you…

You said this, and I actually stole it from you months ago, Mr. Roy. Every dime we as Members of Congress vote on is borrowed money. Every dime we vote on is borrowed money, and if you actually sort of work it out on the annual, all…