Jim McDermott actually said...

Do you see that as being an impediment to getting the votes in the Congress, if these kinds of issues are out there?

Your budget contains several proposals for structural reforms to Medicare, all of which will increase the cost on beneficiaries.

It strikes me that, year after year, the basket of goods that people can buy has dropped over the course of time with the minimum wage.

I think that, you know, we have to look at what we have accomplished. We have reduced the deficit by half.