John B. Breaux: “The private security forces have gotten an incredible amount of criticism in how they have done inspections.”

Just like my Chevy II, things have changed, things have improved, so our recommendation is that we keep Medicare of course.

I think the whole debate politically about ending Medicare as we know it, I think we want to change Medicare.

Suppose you have somebody who may not do that. Is there any provision in the bill that says what will happen to the company that does not abide by the plan? I believe in trust but verify. If you don't do what you say you are going to do…

I remember when I was in Congress when I wanted to stop something from happening, I used to offer an amendment to do a study, or maybe to do a demonstration program, hoping it never got completed.