Tom Rice actually said...

"Medicare is certainly a noble and essential program provided by the Federal Government. It is a promise made to our seniors, and we have to make that promise solid and keep it--and make sure it is kep..."

"We have to offer solutions. I believe it is one of the factors that is holding our economy back."

"If you talk about reducing the outgo, cutting people's benefits, you make that population angry."

"We have got less money coming in than going out in the long run, and that money will run out eventually."