"Congress will, when the heat comes on, dial down what purported to be reforms and it is a bipartisan failing."
"I would like to just have, if I could, some sort of written assessment of where exactly we are in this drama that has been going on for years which they promised they would do, and then get a sense of..."
"I think we ought to look a little more broadly at who benefits and who loses from this..."
"The Federal Government is bigger than any company or union."
"I particularly appreciate your putting before us the potential of changing the dysfunctional congressional structure itself."
"I would take modest exception to my friend's characterization that IPAB takes the control out of Congress and puts it inevitably towards rationing and price control."
"I think we ought to be more optimistic about this."
"I hope that this is one that is not in that category."
"We are not a high-tax country, compared to the other developed countries around the world."
"the mess we have got is imposed by Congress"
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"To label these people as a goon squad, I think, is offensive on so many levels."