Pete Stark: “I oppose IPAB for reasons different, perhaps, from my other colleagues.”

Thank you for holding this hearing and thank our witnesses for their service.

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. One of the previous Speakers, Mr. O'Neill, mentioned that, and you forgot to mention this, but Tip O'Neill said that I probably had one of the best 5-minute speeches of any new Member of…

turning a physician's decision to refer a patient into a marketable commodity.

I don't think I look much like Bill Murray, or have his wit, but I sure feel like him in his role in ``Groundhog Day.'' There are pressing issues facing our country--mainly the need to get our economy back on track and start creating jobs…