That is the kind of test we need up here.

The fact is our nation faces a sea of red ink that will break the back of our great nation unless we act now to get our fiscal house in order.

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced a hearing on how disability is decided.

This year, Social Security received an increase in its budget despite a 1.5 percent decrease in an overall discretionary cap.

Americans with disabilities deserve to get the right decision as early as possible, but that's just not how it currently works.

Do you think Medicare can be saved with arbitrary reimbursement cuts, or do we need more fundamental reform?

I am appalled by the government control of everything, and I think we need to get the government out of it.

I think we need more fundamental reform.

I am trying to understand why the Administration would propose to make it tougher for U.S. companies to compete overseas.

I agree with you, and I don't think we ought to double-tax people just for working overseas either.

We want to support that. But the President simply wants to use our ability to leverage our tax policy.

CBO recently released its budget and economic outlook, and the news for Social Security is alarming.

I think the American people are tired of empty rhetoric and are looking for constructive solutions, so let's see if we can get somewhere.

Time is running out for us to find a solution to ensure full disability benefits will be paid.

We should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations.

In-sourcing is a critical policy decision. This is a big deal, I think, with people.

Well, I am telling you there is a lot of common ground. Steny Hoyer and I have worked together.

Today there is a massive 10-year cash flow deficit of just over $1 trillion.

But what I am hearing you saying is CMS isn't listening to you.

I have got to tell you, in my district that is what I hear about most--from the medical profession, from patients, people on Medicare.

The SGR is critically important, and I don't think it is enough to say if the Senate Democrats didn't do this or the House Republicans didn't do that.

We need to come together as Members of Congress, party stripe notwithstanding, and figure out how we come up with the dollars to fix this.

I appreciate you bringing this issue to the forefront, and committed to help you with it.

With the amount of fraud going on in the country today, I mean the amount of fraud going on in this system, and with trillion-dollar deficits, I, as a Congressman, feel like I owe it to my constituents and the American public to make sure…

Thank you, ma'am. You know, Mr. Pratt recommended we change the law to codify certain business access to the Death Master File, including State records.