I would hope, Mr. Chairman, that this is something that the committee might roll up our sleeves and do some work this year providing some budget committee leadership.
It seems to me that you are independent of Congress.
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 year...
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 rat...
I think we ought to be more optimistic about this.
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