The overwhelming majority of applications for tax-free status for political activities were from far right groups.

These days Congress can't seem to agree on whether the sun is shining, but this issue has brought us together in a way unlike anything we have seen here.

If we really want to root out the causes of this we need to talk about campaign finance laws, and Citizens United decision in 2010, which is when this all started.

I suspect the chairman and I and all the committee have a boatload of questions.

We want provider accountability.

The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula is fundamentally broken.

The cost of inaction and more patches will be higher still over time.

How do we make a transition that makes sense in the delivery of health care, as well as fiscal sense?

We need to replace it with a sensible policy that reflects a more modern care delivery system.

We don't have to start over; we can build on what works and what is already working out there in some places.

It is patently unfair to ask physicians or others paid under the fee schedule to live with the sword of Damocles hanging over their head year after year after year.