we are still seeing under your budget a doubling of health care costs--and by the way, driven by a lot of things, but one is Obamacare

Medicare Advantage is working. In Ohio, 38 percent of seniors are on it.

the main driver of that cost reduction in Medicare is Medicare Part D.

We have to come up with a common-sense way to address hospital inpatient and observation stays.

Our satisfaction rate is 85 percent, so people like this program.

The number-one cause of death in Ohio today is heroin overdoses. It has now surpassed traffic accidents.

I share his concern over it. And look, I spent time with rural hospitals back home.

When are we going to get serious about this? How do we get serious about it?

Honestly, it is health care. Health care is driving these long-term projections that are simply unsustainable.

It is very important to get the evaluation right.

It is time to deal with it in a comprehensive way.

I believe these statements and data clearly illustrate that Part D has been a success.

There's a perception that it is the military's responsibility to fix the problem. Problems are not fixed by militaries.

I think that most Americans would be very troubled to think that we are giving refundable tax money that is all of the taxpayer dollars to fraudulent situations.

the significant impact that they are having on this country and our citizens it is a very complex issue

if we cannot capitalize on what we know because we have certain boundaries that we can work in, they do not want us working the interior patrols, then we are always going to be hindered by this.

This really can be a huge security vulnerability for the Nation for a larger attack.

New Hampshire has had a 60 percent increase in heroin drug deaths. It is devastating.