Political Quotes

“This double counting of the Medicare cuts is a dangerous accounting gambit. Former Senator Gregg and I warned the Medicare trustees about it in a letter last year. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of that letter be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Hatch, Gregg Urge Medicare Trustees to Provide ``An Accurate and Complete Assessment of New Health Law's Impact on Medicare Washington.--U.S. Senators Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Health Subcommittee, today urged the Medicare Trustees to release supplemental information when they issue the 2010 Medicare Trustees report ``so that the public can accurately assess the impact of the new health care law on the Medicare program.'' ``Our nation stands on the precipice of fiscal ruin. Based on past Trustees reports, we know Medicare is on the brink of collapse,'' said Senator Hatch. ``It's in the best interest of our country and our nation's seniors for the Trustees to release a full and honest assessment of the fiscal impact of the health care law on the viability of the Medicare program. One of the most dishonest claims about this new law is its magical ability to use Medicare money not only for Medicare, but also for hundreds of billions in new entitlement spending.…”