On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
I am not going there. Let's walk through a couple of the other trust funds because I know this is really exciting, but this is important. This is the 10,000-pound gorilla in the room. So often those of us, as Members of Congress, we get behind these microphones and we do the shiny object type of discussion. This is it. This is going to decide what our military capability is because it is what we can afford. This is going to decide what money we have for medical research and education. This is it. These numbers are incredibly important. If this doesn't drive us this year to start moving forward on tax reform, on regulatory reform, things that will start to kick-start economic growth, these numbers are devastating. {time} 1900 Let's do a little quick discussion about Medicare part A. If I came to you right now and said: ``Hey, what was so devastating in this Congressional Budget Office report? What should have scared you out of your mind?'', in here it basically for the very first time said one of the major trust funds is out of money in the 10-year window.
