There is so much money obligated under these Federal tax rules that you could still honor those pledges.

These are people who in many instances are seeing double-digit premium hikes, and they are hearing across Washington that their premiums are going to go down.

I am trying to figure out what is in these bills that will lower their premiums, and I cannot find very much.

CBO has correctly identified health care spending as the biggest driver in long-term Federal spending growth.

I thank my friend, and I always miss hearing Senator Whitehouse on the budget, and I will catch up.

I think the administration has to get into this issue.

CBO essentially outlines some options like that.

I think that is a step in the right direction.

There have been thousands and thousands of changes to the Code in recent years.

Senator Snowe and I want to make sure this is bipartisan, and we look forward to those discussions today.

to keep people completely in the dark as to who is being rescued and why, in my view, Mr. Secretary, is going to undermine the credibility that you are going to need in order to make additional reforms in the financial sector.

I think Medicaid is a broken program. What I would like to see is poor people sitting next to their Congressperson in their doctor's waiting room.

the Obama administration, to its credit--Senator Conrad and I have been hearing encouraging news on this point--wants to do that

We have got a lot of heavy lifting left to do.

I want to commend you and Senator Gregg on putting together this panel.

I think like health care, it goes right to the heart of how we are going to grow the economy.

The President made two pledges in his campaign that it seems to me in the health area bring Democrats and Republicans together.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Geithner, it is good to have you here, and I know you have been logging some serious hours.

A lot of the workers in this country who are being told they are going to get expanded choices, according to my analysis and Kaiser, are going to wake up and find they don't have that expanded array of choices.

To keep the public in the dark on these counterparties does not pass the smell test.

none of that comes close to the kind of market-making, incentive-changing activity that you will see by reforming the Tax Code.

I appreciate that. I think time is short. We are going to have to move very fast.

I would especially appreciate your listening to the good folks at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

I think your last point is really one to wrap up on.

I think my question with respect to taxes is: How does what you are proposing this year on taxes fit into the prospect of tax reform next year?