It is very difficult in the span of 9 or 10 months to reverse the inexorable trend of the previous 40 years. We are working very hard to reduce the size of government, to rein in waste in spending, to eliminate not only waste, fraud and abuse in a program like Medicare as we move to enact Medicare Plus and enact a better Medicare, and do that across the board in every area of this Federal Government, but it is a challenge that takes more than a few weeks.
NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “It is very difficult in the span of 9 or 10 months to reverse the inexorable trend of the previous 40 years. We are…”
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Discussing the challenges of reducing government size and consolidating agencies.
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