The stakes are enormous in the coming years. We will have great opportunities to build and redefine our relationships ar...
I would encourage Secretary Clinton to recommend to the President that it is in our national security interests to immed...
Our international affairs budget is, in my judgment, a smart investment that ultimately yields outsized returns and save...
And in fact, just to close out, Mr. Chairman, in your testimony you point out that in those cases where your support, th...
So once it is fully phased in, and the chairman mentioned reductions in the Medicare. So some of the savings we achieved...
I agree. I think there is bipartisan support here, as Senator Sessions indicated in his opening comments.
I appreciate that, because I think all three parts are important.
If you are simply transferring a Medicare beneficiary from the Medicare system into the private health market, and the g...
I think we should tackle this issue sooner rather than later. In fact, I think we should get to it right away.
the impact of that is that, not only tax payers, but other Medicare beneficiaries who are paying premiums in the fee-for...
surveys from individuals who are in the private health care system compared to surveys who are on the Medicare system, w...
I take it you stand by your letter, and if you could just elaborate for a moment on that issue, just to put that issue t...
we need reforms, and we need changes for Social Security.
I hope, as we move forward, we will focus on that approach to modernizing Medicare and Medicaid...
I believe that is the wrong direction; I believe that instead we should focus on some of the steps we began to take unde...
This year, we will run the fourth consecutive deficit over $1 trillion.
We want to make sure that water is included in those areas.
I plan to take some action on that and expect that some of my colleagues will be joining us in that regard.
