The discussion draft is hopelessly flawed. It gives the Department of Energy (DOE) a veto over EPA regulations.
The benefits of most important rules dwarf the costs.
It is not common sense. It is not providing transparency.
For more than four decades, Medicare has been a critical program for ensuring the health and the financial well being for senior and disable...
I am glad to see that a key element of MedPAC's proposal is that it is 'beneficiary liability neutral'.
Today, the subcommittee examines the discussion draft that would govern the disposal of coal ash, the toxic-laden residual waste from burnin...
This proposal will not ensure the safe disposal of coal ash.
Any proposal to redesign Medicare that leaves beneficiaries holding the bag is not one that I could endorse.
That would require rethinking this legislation and listening to the expert views available to us.
I hope we can work together on this issue.
I continue to oppose such an approach and believe that there is simply not the support for this proposal to be become law.