And we also as a full Committee have larger responsibilities for the integrity of the program that we are talking about ...
I really would like to think that we can have politics end at the water's edge.
From my standpoint, we are dealing with the fiscal situation here. We are dealing with financial problems.
If there is one thing that has driven me nuts as an accountant is the inability to come up with a common set of numbers.
I feel like I'm serving in the nation's largest kindergarten.
we are going to have a real good conversation about the long-term.
it is a little bit ironic that we are having it at a time this body hasn't had a national budget, our country hasn't for...
we are going to talk about long term, but we can't deal with the immediate.
It seems to me that one solution is to include more long-term care costs within Medicare, perhaps raising premiums, rais...
It's one of the key issues that we need to grapple with if we are going to transform to a high-quality and lower-cost he...
We are really just robbing Peter to pay Paul.
I think it is important to point out that additional cost is going to be borne within the Medicare system.
We agree that Medicare needs to be fixed. All we are asking for is a level playing field.
I appreciate your providing a number of hearings on the draft legislation that you and the Ranking Member have introduce...
Again, to me we are quibbling with details when you are talking about $96 billion--what difference would it make?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Just a couple quick ones.
I would hope, and I am hopeful that that's where we'll be moving in the future.
