It sounds like they need a window envelope.

99 percent of all the revenue coming into the Federal Government... is going to go back out in two categories: interest on the Federal debt and mandatory payments on entitlements.

Would it be fair to say they need to be managed?

Is it fair to say that right now, if--over the long-term basis, every time the interest rate that we have to pay at the Federal level goes up by a quarter point, it is estimated that approximately a $50 billion a year additional increase…

So you are talking--just to begin with, you are saying the Affordable Care Act needs to be reformed----

Madam Chair, my time is up, but it looks to me like what you are giving us is a wake up call about a crisis that is not 10 years from now; it is right now.

It seems like every time we have an emergency that comes up and there’s an obvious layout program, we find out more things are a problem and it brings in the public attention, but what we end up doing is we provided a band-aid.

IHS has not been forthcoming about changes.

the chronic failures of the IHS, failures that, frankly, are just unacceptable

We're talking about improving accountability at IHS.

I'd also like to thank Senator Thune and Congresswoman Kristi Noem for their tireless work to address the problems plaguing IHS.

I most certainly appreciate you taking the time to hold today's field hearing in South Dakota where our tribal members are all too familiar with the failures of the Indian Health Service.

leadership starts at the top, and if IHS leaders are a barrier to delivering quality care, then they should look for another job

CMS's findings have, once again, provided a public window in these facilities to view the substandard care

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