Frank Pallone actually said...

"They would simply slash existing programs. They would end Medicare as we know it, and they would slash medical research."

"I do think that certainly when I hear from the doctors, you know, they see the SGR and, again, the cliff we faced in January as the biggest threat to Medicare, more so than IPAB."

"Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, opening statement."

"Unfortunately, the debate of IPAB reminds me of the Base Realignment and Closure or BRAC process."