The important thing is getting some of these issues out on the table.

What would a downgrade from AAA to AA of the United States credit rating do to the interest rates and do to your budget projections?

This is about the future of our country.

We have to have the kind of tax policy because you cannot just cut your way out of this.

We need to design better systems.

We have to make such difficult--these are going to be painful--politically painful choices to make.

This country is literally headed for a financial crisis that we maybe have never seen.

But the sooner we make them, maybe a little less painful.

The President needs to lead right now.

if they do more harm than good, then why did HHS grant waivers?

I wish that not only someone from HHS was here, but also from the Congressional Budget Office.