Medicare has systematically been underpaying for services.
we cannot neglect this issue of making sure, as we look at reform, that these are offered in the most efficient way.
this is a safety-net program for our elderly, and we really must make sure that it's fiscally responsible and sustainable.
we have to make it as efficient as possible.
the 100-year fight over the Boundary Waters has finally ended
this team--the medical team idea... is where you often find the lower rates.
a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the middle of America.
I think that this Internet expansion is so important to our country.
I see this issue of Internet and broadband, the rural electrification issue of this decade.
I think back to 1935, when President Roosevelt looked across the landscape and saw that only 12 percent of the rural households had electric...
Without more revenues, both at a State level and a local level, we will continue to fall behind.
We are seeing this in the Midwest as well.
These three didn't come here for pity or for handouts or for anything. They simply wanted care that this Nation has the ability to deliver.
I look forward to listening to the testimony being presented today, and am encouraged that there will be future discussions and oversight on...
It is critical that Congress conducts strict oversight into how this program is developed and implemented to assure that our Nation's servic...
I commend your service and I thank you for helping to educate us today.
Your only desire is to try and live as independently as you possibly can.
So you can rest assured that this Committee is absolutely committed to putting this in the past
