Tom Carper actually said...

"Last Congress, two-thirds of the Senate came together and overwhelmingly passed such a measure."

"let us think a little bit about common sense and let us think about not just values, but common views, a commonality of consensus."

"A number of years ago we--Dr. Coburn and I, in the Bush administration and then in the Obama administration--focused, focused, focused on this with GAO and started to see that number being driven down..."

"Would you please discuss with us some of the improvements in health care outcomes as well as cost savings that may have already been realized in the last few years due to value-based Medicare reimburs..."