"I was thrilled that Chairman Baucus, who has done very good work on this health reform issue, has also put out in his White Paper, a very constructive document on health reform."
"I want to commend you and Senator Gregg on putting together this panel."
"You all gave $700 billion--first installment $350 billion, perhaps the vote tonight on $350 million more--to these financial institutions."
"the Obama administration, to its credit--Senator Conrad and I have been hearing encouraging news on this point--wants to do that"
"I just say respectfully I hope that you and your colleagues who are the best in the business will come up with more aggressive, more immediate approaches."
"Market economics has always been about chicken-and-egg. You make investment decisions, and if they are the right ones, promising things happen."
"I think your last point is really one to wrap up on."
"It is important to be cautious about the idea of going out in this health reform debate and spending vast sums of new money right out of the gate."
"We ran the numbers, Dr. Elmendorf, with the CBO figures. You all indicated that we are going to spend $2.5 trillion this year on health care."
"The President made two pledges in his campaign that it seems to me in the health area bring Democrats and Republicans together."
"I think as you get into this, there are really kind of three parts to this."
"There is such a large amount of money there in the Federal tax rules that you do free up a substantial amount for expanding coverage."