Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me, again, thank all the witnesses for their testimony.
I do hope that the Senate will take up the bill we passed over here in a bipartisan basis with respect to expedited resc...
If you put these bills into effect, the House passes it next week, let's just say the Senate goes off its rocker and pas...
Those numbers change every year. They change every year, we have seen them change just in the last year.
I don't think that changes in the economy are things that we don't expect.
I dare say that you would be hard pressed to get the individuals--all of the individuals who put their names on this to ...
There is no substitute for making the tough policy decisions to reduce the deficit in a balanced, credible way.
You have all indicated that you support the ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.
I think it would strengthen our standing to support our allies who are dealing with some of these issues particularly in...
Normally, on these international treaties and organizations, the U.S. participation is looked upon internationally with ...
The responsibility for international security should rest with all of our partners, not just principally with one countr...
I found your presentations to be as comprehensive a presentation that I have ever received on the treaty, and I thank yo...
We are running against a cliff that is going to come up very soon as to how we deal with the sequestration.
The challenge is, it is so difficult to put that into code where you are reducing, in your case, reimbursements to hospi...
But I want to get back to reality. You all are facing additional cuts in the Medicaid programs in every State in this Na...
I will just make one last observation. That is, we know that we are going to reduce costs and hospital infection rates. ...
I think the least we can do is to make sure that we provide the type of support you need in order to get the job done.
I certainly would think our language here at times has been counterproductive to keeping some of our best in public serv...
