this extraordinary achievement that began here in the subcommittee, which is to come to a bipartisan agreement on replacing the failed SGR formula, will not make it into reality unless there is an offset.
Lieberman emphasizes the necessity of offsets for SGR reform to succeed.
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Taxation without representation became the rallying cry that led to our Declaration of Independence and a war to achieve it.
Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Stabenow, and members of the Committee.
I hope that the spirit of bipartisanship... will guide your Committee's consideration of the deprivation of voting representation in Congress for citizens of our Capital City.
It has mattered to me because there are two great American constitutional principles that are at the heart of the cause of D.C. statehood and that are violated every day in the current treatment of residents of the District of Columbia.
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