Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Thank you for chairing today's hearing, Senator Lautenberg, and thank you to all of the witnesses for being here today.”

I rise today to talk about the need to address entitlement reform as part of the impending fiscal cliff. I am not just going to talk about the macro issue, I am going to talk about specifics on a way that we can at least do one entitlement…

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee as well as the ranking member because as soon as our leaders get back from the White House I certainly want us to be able to go forward and vote. To finish my remarks, we…

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