I think the word is 'simplify.'

I called on the IRS to increase the mileage rates due to higher travel costs brought on by surging gas prices.

The health care bill cuts Medicare Advantage by $206 billion, and those cuts are going to result in millions of seniors no longer selecting Medicare Advantage coverage either because those plans will no longer be available to some seniors, or because they will become too expensive and offer fewer benefits.

You know, one aspect of the current fiscal debate which I don't think has received enough attention is foreign holdings of U.S. debt.

I appreciate you saying you are out to get good value for what we spend in Medicare.

Medicare generally pays more for a service in a hospital than in an ambulatory surgical center.

Our health care delivery system needs to focus on the right procedures to the right patient at the right time and place.

the health care reform law places significant restrictions on physician ownership of hospitals.

I am all for creating jobs, but how many Federal bureaucrats do we need to get the job done?

So you are expanding government based on this health care bill.

But here we are trying to reduce the size of government, and you are expanding it.