Previously we have overpaid Medicare Advantage. I think we have corrected that.

In 2010, Senator Coburn and I introduced legislation, adopted and signed by President Obama, that said not only do they have to report improper payments, they have to stop making them.

I think we have a good one here, and I would just hope that we can get her reported out of here, get her confirmed with great dispatch.

We need more revenues if we are serious about really balancing a budget or coming close.

We need to be--and create some synergies that are dramatically needed as this Administration begins its second 4 years.

We need entitlement reform that saves money and that saves these programs for the long haul.

I think you bring us the kind of service and leadership that we need.

I am furious that I cannot introduce her tomorrow. Joe Manchin is going to, and he better not speak as well as I am.

We have in too many cases the culture of spendthrift in Federal Government, and we need to replace that--with culture of thrift.

we do not do enough about it, we never seem to do enough about it.

If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

I think we are getting along better in the Senate than we have in a while.

the opportunities are just enormous for us to provide better care and for less money.

Obesity is literally killing us, literally and figuratively.

I just like to talk about service, and I tell young people I meet with, in my life there are folks that I have met that are the least happy people are the people who do not really think about much outside of themselves.

Debts and deficits are staggering. The Tax Code is riddled with complexity. And it needs her.

How can they be that smart and we be that dumb?

It is ironic; this reminds me of our church. Every now and then our minister is going full steam and preaching to our congregation. He says: I know I am preaching to the choir, but even choirs need to be preached to. In this case, the…

We work on a lot is trying to develop bipartisan support for a comprehensive deficit reduction plan.

I think that deserves more attention from Congress than it has gotten.

the time has come to grant status to those who wish to enter to our country legally, to work lawfully, to pay taxes

When you jammed together 22 different agencies 10 years ago, different cultures, different financial systems, different accounting systems, it is not easy.

There is clearly more to do. It is not a time to rest on our laurels.

I just urge the administration to fill the vacancies quickly and the Senate in a judicious manner

I will not ask if anyone wants to move that the nominations be closed.