"So in listening to the tone and direction of the conversation today that idea of hierarchy and priority between domestic terrorism and threats from afar, to me, it is easy to get into a false equivale..."
"The big elephant in the room is Medicare, its high cost, and Social Security."
"If we do not get the political will soon to start doing something about it, it is going to be here before we know it."
"COVID has, I think, give us a big wakeup call about another looming issue that drives our trillion dollar deficits annually."
"Medicare is the biggest driver, and I am probably the most vocal Senator on trying to reform health care in general."
"I am particularly concerned by Congress' seeming inability to address the slow-moving national debt crisis."
"Thank you. And my office will be watching closely to see how that rebalancing act is going on, and that, in fact, that it is rebalanced, and not the same old thing occurring again because lobbyist and..."
"I think we are at a really pivotal point when it comes to health care in general, childcare."
"I think it would set us back significantly."
"I think my advice, from being so deeply involved in agriculture, is that it was kind of working, and do not be beguiled by the Chinese."
"I think there are certain things that would undermine that if it is not given careful consideration."