John B. Breaux: “For the first time, you are taking the Food Stamp Program and, through block grants, States do not have to use their…”

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.

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

Let me suggest it is a program that is more popular today than the Congress that wrote it.