I am furious that I cannot introduce her tomorrow. Joe Manchin is going to, and he better not speak as well as I am.

We need entitlement reform that saves money and that saves these programs for the long haul.

How can they be that smart and we be that dumb?

We have in too many cases the culture of spendthrift in Federal Government, and we need to replace that--with culture of thrift.

we do not do enough about it, we never seem to do enough about it.

the opportunities are just enormous for us to provide better care and for less money.

If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

We need to be--and create some synergies that are dramatically needed as this Administration begins its second 4 years.

I just like to talk about service, and I tell young people I meet with, in my life there are folks that I have met that are the least happy people are the people who do not really think about much outside of themselves.

Debts and deficits are staggering. The Tax Code is riddled with complexity. And it needs her.

In 2010, Senator Coburn and I introduced legislation, adopted and signed by President Obama, that said not only do they have to report improper payments, they have to stop making them.

Previously we have overpaid Medicare Advantage. I think we have corrected that.

I think we have a good one here, and I would just hope that we can get her reported out of here, get her confirmed with great dispatch.

Improper payments in 2010, $121 billion--billion! In 2011, down to $115 billion. That is still a lot of money.

We need more revenues if we are serious about really balancing a budget or coming close.

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alabama.

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