William C. Baker: “Pick the President you want. This Congress for 40 years has had its foot stuck on the accelerator. We appropriate, we…”

I think then we have an obligation, because we were elected by the people to preserve, protect and strengthen Medicare, not to kill it, that we have to take some action which will allow it to live beyond just our generation.

Next year we will go over the line. We spent more on the interest on the national debt than we do on defense. You know, this President is not hesitant about deploying our troops in all kinds of foreign wars. We have to say strong in…

Well, let me summarize, because we have run out of time, if the gentleman from Ohio will yield one more second, and that is we have established now, there is a problem, because two generations of trustees, Republican and Democrat, have…

I think the gentleman in the budget area said $17 million savings on the commission, lower rates to consumers and a better trade balance. I ask for an ``aye'' vote, and a ``no'' vote on the Oberstar amendment.