There are encouraging signs.
I think, more than anything, we have to ensure a collapse like this doesn't happen again.
I do believe further legislation may be needed to curb controlled substance abuse.
We do not have the money to be wasting, whether it is $31 million, $131 million, or $231 million.
What we have to do is to look for every bit of money that is just wasted.
However, we simply have to do a better job in overseeing the Medicare Prescription Drug Program.
if we are going to be serious on deficit reduction, it has to include Medicare, not in a thoughtless way, not in a way t...
Where I grew up.
The biggest piece of our deficit... is health care costs.
Don't we have that in Medicaid? Don't we have that in most States in Medicaid?
Star city of the South?
the President actually seems to be lined up behind it now, and my hope is that we can before the end of this fiscal year...
I supported the Medicare Prescription Drug Program. I voted for it.
drug dealers in white lab jackets.
We have to figure out how to save some money in this program.
To put this in context, our budget deficit is down.
The government cannot just do it all. We have to be a partner, but they have to be a partner as well.
How do we change that? Do we need to pass a law? How do we change that so that CBO--what we are doing is just so cost in...
