"I thought it was a legitimate alternative before we got to the 2011 budget, and before we got to the massacre of the CR."
"So we all agree there is a shortage, but there is only one proposal on the table now that is going to address that proposal. So therefore, much of the criticism is not only a myth, but a fraud."
"So those seniors are not only going to pay more money, but they are also not going to get the health care that is provided in the Health Care Reform Act."
"I personally believe we can balance the deficit without cutting Medicare for seniors."
"We know Social Security has very little to do with the deficit."
"by having a Medicare Center for Innovation, Medicare now can test and use new payment models."
"You have become an existential party."
"I am proud to say that change is already underway."
"The increase in their health cost was between, on average, 28 to 40 percent a year."
"The primary cause of those businesses closing their doors--the primary cause; there are other causes--is what they have paid in their premiums."
"Health care reform, or as some on the other side would like to refer to it, Obamacare--and they say it with such love and charity--you can't sustain those numbers."