Joe Barton: “You are telling every American if you sign up for this, or even attempt to, you have no reasonable expectation of…”

It is not complicated if you are an elected member of Congress and all of a sudden Medicare recipients start showing up at their town, town hall.

Before Congressman Hensarling leaves, I just want to commend him for his service and tell him what a privilege it has been for me to serve with him and to know him as a friend. We are both retiring, and we are both, so far as I know, going…

Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?

I can't tell you how excited I am to have this hearing. It's really exciting for me.