At some point we'll be gone and you'll have America all to yourselves, but in the meantime we are quite a cohort.

I can come see you at a closer venue, if you need more engagement in D.C., and quite willing to come to Colorado.

I want to welcome all of you in the audience. We're going to have a very informative hearing, of that I have no doubt.

If the nation's goal is to help seniors live at home, then their engagement in their communities will be dependent upon a transportation system that probably needs to also be innovative and involved.

part of the idea was driven by a man who represented a very rural state, the state of Idaho

That term is useful, all ages in the senior spectrum. That's an important way to put it.

I'm very appreciative that the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Herb Kohl from Wisconsin, has loaned me his gavel to bring the focus of this panel back home to Colorado.

I just think basically we use the term all across the senior spectrum.

It's an important acknowledgement to make but it's a problem I'd rather have because what we're doing in providing care for all Americans is the smart and the right and the moral thing to do.

If I might, too, respond to the gentleman's initial question, in the Affordable Care Act, there is a provision which was based on a piece of legislation I introduced called the Rural Physicians Pipeline Act.

One of the interesting developments, although it's not reached the level of large-scale development, is some seniors moving to towns east of Denver because they're safe communities.

I had a big one in Durango that went very well, given there were only 18 state troopers, sheriff deputies and multiple police there to protect me and everybody else from themselves.

He was quite an American.

I think that we all agree as Americans there's a value that every one of us has a contribution to make throughout our lives and we would also, I think, agree that you measure society by how it treats its least fortunate and most vulnerable…

I think that you're right, that the baby-boomer generation has an opportunity to give back to a very rich back nine of life, if you will.

One of the most important elements that sometimes isn't acknowledged, particularly by critics of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, ... is that because of those landmark programs our generation has known that our parents will be…

I do not like the phrase and it's coined from the sense that the resources that we will need will be this huge burden that will engulf us as we address the needs of the baby-boomers.

It's imperative to be successful in delivering services to seniors that those systems work together.

There's also an opportunity to be of public service, dedicate yourself to causes greater than your own self interests.

With regard to cybersecurity, you specifically recommend the establishment of a special committee with members drawn from Armed Services, Intelligence, Judiciary, and Homeland Security because cybersecurity cuts across all of the…

The benefits, as they are now established, will simply be unaffordable to go on into the future.

climate change and energy are two key factors that will play a significant role in shaping the future security environment

Did your panel consider that aspect of the QDR report, and, if so, did you reach any conclusions about the current DOD activities in this regard?

You recommend that the President try naming lead departments and establishing interagency teams.

The panel views the present organization of Congress as being inefficient because its organization precludes the ability of Congress to harmonize its decisions relative to a host of national security challenges.