and so the whole point of the follow the money questions is to try to make sure that at the end of our inquiry we know whose interests donald trump is advocating for. his wallet or the american people. another money flow i wanted to get an update reporting about the ways in which rulgsau and russian leaders cultivated the er as as an ally. there are questions. with respect to that area, i m also the ranking democrat on the senate finance committee. the finance committee staff is looking at it. we ll have more to stay before too long.
and so the whole point of the follow the money questions is to try to make sure that at the end of our inquiry we know whose interests donald trump is advocating for. his wallet or the american people. another money flow i wanted to get an update reporting about the ways in which rulgsau and russian leaders cultivated the er as as an ally. there are questions. with respect to that area, i m also the ranking democrat on the senate finance committee. the finance committee staff is looking at it. we ll have more to stay before too long. when he said it was not an official trip, i want your
60% more allows for a lot of pressure that doesn t necessarily touch patients until you get well below until you re getting down to levels constituents seem to spend. we disagree how easy it is to cut medicare. i sat in a room in 1983 with finance committee staff and we pulled out $200 billion in medicare cuts. that included tax increases and deficit reduction accomplished through medicare cuts, and in doing it, i have to tell you, dave, it was a very painful and difficult thing to do. it was all taken out of the provider side. the other thing about it politically is, it was done without a peep. there was not a single liberal objection anywhere in the senate or in the house when bill clinton came in and did a very serious deficit reduction package as his first act as president and went straight at medicare, but at the same time, went at the tax code and it wasn t this 3 to 1 ratio, it was a 1 to 1.
constituents seem to spend. we disagree how easy it is to cut medicare. i sat in a room in 1983 with finance committee staff and we pulled out $3 $200 billion in medicare cuts. that included tax increases and deficit reduction accomplished through medicare cuts, and in doing it, i have to tell you, dave, it was a very painful and difficult thing to do. it was all taken out of the provider side. the other thing about it politically is, it was done without a peep. there was not a single liberal objection anywhere in the senate or in the house when bill clinton came in and did a very serious deficit reduction package as his first act as president and went straight at medicare, but at the same time, went at the tax code and it wasn t this 3 to 1 ratio, it was a 1 to 1. they raised as much revenue as they cut in spending.
is. the system will be squeezed, but it is so bloated. 60% more allows for a lot of pressure that doesn t necessarily touch patients until you get well below until you re getting down to levels constituents seem to spend. we disagree how easy it is to cut medicare. i sat in a room in 1983 with finance committee staff and we pulled out $3 $200 billion in medicare cuts. that included tax increases and deficit reduction accomplished through medicare cuts, and in doing it, i have to tell you, dave, it was a very painful and difficult thing to do. it was all taken out of the provider side. the other thing about it politically is, it was done without a peep. there was not a single liberal objection anywhere in the senate or in the house when bill clinton came in and did a very serious deficit reduction