will the Department follow SBA's recommendation to conduct a more thorough economic analysis before moving forward with this proposed rule?

the Department didn't consult with a single Medicaid director when developing the rule.

Madam Secretary, if 50 percent of employees lose their coverage, that will cost us $500 billion a year, not $95 billion.

the rule would mean that seniors in America would have less care, because it would be more expensive.

I do not have a great deal of faith in some of these estimated numbers, and I certainly do not have faith in the estimates for Obamacare.

is the Department willing to withdraw the rule to conduct a more comprehensive analysis of the impact on State Medicaid and budgets?

It is also true that President Obama very famously said, 'If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.'

The cost of this healthcare law is so uncertain. Do you not think we maybe ought to put the brakes on it?

Instead of saving $143 billion by this administration's own figures and budget, we are now adding $54 billion to our deficit in the first 10 years.

I do appreciate the administration's recognition of the value of conservation, tourism, hunting, and fishing to our Nation's economy.

I would also like to touch on the Indian School Equalization Program (ISEP).

That money cannot leave the gulf coast.

I strongly disagree with the policies of this administration.

How do you explain that from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2013 more than 60 percent of the BIE's schools in South Dakota received a decrease in their ISEP funds?

We are literally drowning.

I thank Senator Portman. Again, I so value his experience. Being the head of OMB himself, he understands these numbers. What I have been trying to do over the last couple days is, I have been trying to figure out where is this $4 trillion…

Let's look at what we agree on. We agree on reforming government, we agree on pro growth tax reform, so let's actually start doing it this year.

The real long-term looming crisis in terms of our budget is entitlements, Medicare and Social Security.

A regulation moratorium should be put in place until measures like the United Kingdom's one-in/one-out rule and the REINS Act can be enacted.

I think there is a great deal of agreement, certainly what I found, I would say consensus in Washington that we actually need to reform our Tax Code.

Enforceable spending controls, like the CAP Act, and a constitutional amendment to limit the size of government must first be passed.

I am all for increasing revenue, but let's do it the old-fashioned way by actually getting economic growth.

A bicameral sunset committee should be established with the sole mandate of identifying Federal rules, regulations and laws that do more harm than good.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for not more than 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I come to the floor this afternoon before the debate on President Obama's just-submitted budget descends into the arguments over the smaller little details that, quite frankly, are not going to have that great of an effect on our whole…