it takes a champion, whether it is a champion like in Tennessee where the Governor had sold the ability to fix the roads and bridges on the basis of a tax increase.

the current system does not work anymore, for whatever reason and a variety of reasons, one of which is that no one wants to add a penny of taxes.

This situation reminds me of an old Yogi Berra quote, 'The future ain't what it used to be.'

During my prior service in the Senate, I was one of the 'Nay' votes for the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.

It is something we have been deliberating and debating and processing now for five years, since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

I was promised that I wouldn't pay a cent more, the President made that very, very clear, than what I was paying now.

I was promised that if I liked my health care plan, I could keep my health care plan.

It is fitting that on Tax Day, April 15, we are examining one of the most vexing challenges for small business--our burdensome and incomprehensible tax code.

I think it's been a very constructive hearing.

I have hundreds, if not thousands, of letters in my office from people who have been disadvantaged under this program.

Indiana has received permission to put together a plan that is much more consumer-oriented.