we need a serious discussion with the American people about these issues

if we fail to include the revenue side... we will fail to get our fiscal house in order

I thank the gentleman. I voted previously to repeal these 1099 reporting requirements. But for broad Republican opposition, these requirements would have been repealed a long time ago. I was a little amused to hear one of our Republican…

Understand the dimensions of how big the burden is that they want to shift to working families: According to their own report on this bill, the total is almost $25 billion over the next decade. We're not talking about a small amount of…

When Texas received $3.25 billion in education stimulus funds over the objection of every Texas Republican, Governor Perry played a shell game that left Texas schools not a dime better off than if no Federal aid had come in the first…

I thank the gentleman. I enter in the record the request of education organizations from all over the State of Texas for this amendment and the statements of the Texas delegation last year and again this year. Governor Perry may have come…

It means seniors pay more out of their pockets for prescription drugs. It means seniors pay more out of their pocket for a cancer screening.

There are millions of Americans that really have a stake in not going back to the old system.

And all we get out of that, other than seniors having to pay more, is that the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund declines by over a decade if they are successful with their Senior Insecurity Act.

While I think that Dr. Berwick did an outstanding job last week in explaining the increased costs that seniors will face if what they call repeal and what I would call the Republican Senior Insecurity Act were to be approved.

So they can call it repeal, but to a young person who is counting on that insurance, it means terminate their insurance coverage.