I don't know what it is. I don't know where we are going, as a country, with all of this.

What is even more amazing is the results you have been able to achieve with the group that has been formed.

It seems to me that what you have been able to achieve there through this collaboration of employers is a model we ought to be looking at nationwide.

Thank you for holding this very important hearing.

the Ryan plan, the Republican plan that was just passed is that they would do away with all these reforms and instead create a voucher plan that virtually ends Medicare

we need to continue to move forward on delivery system reform, expecting better outcomes and better value at a better price.

I think one of the best things we can do as a nation to increase the solvency of the trust fund is to get this economy back on track creating good-paying jobs, would you agree with that?

I just don't think they can have it both ways, you know, demanding greater compliance and better enforcement, while at the same time drastically cutting your budget.

I think the ultimate verdict on health care reform is going to be not only changing the way health care is delivered, but how we pay for it.

We also need to be clear that, you know, trade right now in a time of tough economic times, in an economy that is under-performing here in the United States, it is a tough sell.

And I don't want to put you on the spot, but the Sixty Plus organization that views themselves as the conservative alternative to AARP, do you know how many dues-paying members the Sixty Plus organization has?