I for one am sorry that you are subjected to something of this nature because I truly think, reading through a 25 and a half page pamphlet with 243 footnotes, to try to dress it up to try to make it look official and authoritative and…

With all due respect, the notion somehow that they focus on Medicare Advantage that is rocky and is a draconian cut, Medicare Advantage means that 75 percent of your members who are senior citizens in fee-for-service pay $90 a year more.

I remember that when some Members of Congress who used to support helping seniors with end-of-life care, when the big lie about death panels, and they retreated, AARP was part of 400 individuals and groups that came forward to tell the…

I just think that I am glad it is in the record. I hope people look at it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me some time to say a few words.

I think it makes the process much easier and much more credible when we have witnesses that are cooperative.

I hope that we get down to the real business, which I thought and I remember on both sides of the aisle, people campaigning back in November talking about job creation; jobs, jobs, jobs.

We have an obligation to do oversight to make sure that no one abuses the opportunity to be treated differently in the Tax Code than any other American who is paying his or her full share of taxes.

I don't believe this is any way to run the largest economy in the world or the smallest business on Main Street.

Well, I really appreciate the way you answer your questions, Mr. Josephson.

I am particularly interested in another aspect of AARP in their insurance plan, a massive grantor trust...