to know that a lot of us who, you know, support this bill are also willing to pay for it. and a big chunk of it is paid for. we ve worked very, very hard in the house to identify ways to raise revenue by eliminating special interest loop holes in our tax code, by coming up with a more fair system of global tax enforcement, that is fair for u.s. companies and foreign companies, so we can pay for as much of this as we want to. and i stand ready and willing to do that. i think there are some big pieces including lowering the price of prescription drugs, which is not only good policy but will also help us pay for the investment in health care, including providing dental, hearing, and vision for medicare beneficiaries, lowering the age of medicare eligibility to 60. i think we need to put that piece back in the bill to lower the price of prescription drugs. both because we ran on it, because it s good policy. because it s a real problem for the american people and because it would help us p
stage craft on the behalf of the president. if they were really willing to make that an enforceable deal, he was ready to make other tough decisions, but at the end of the day they couldn t do it because they are protecting special interest loop holes and the folks at the top. let me make this point, lawrence, they keep talking about this hurting small businesses. only 3% of all businesses would be affected by the president s proposal and many of those are very big businesses like kkr, price water house, good businesses, but certainly not small. congressman chris van hollen, thanks very much for joining us tonight. coming up, cuts to medicare and aide to single mothers and retention of tax loop holes.
president. if they were really willing to make that an enforceable deal, he was ready to make other tough decisions, but at the end of the day they couldn t do it because they are protecting special interest loop holes and the folks at the top. let me make this point, lawrence, they keep talking about this hurting small businesses. only 3% of all businesses would be affected by the president s proposal and many of those are very big businesses like kkr, price water house, good businesses, but certainly not small. congressman chris van hollen, thanks very much for joining us tonight. coming up, cuts to medicare and aide to single mothers and retention of tax loop holes.
slashes medicaid and slashes deep low in education and protects tax breaks for special interest. they would write that in the constitutionurped their proposal and easier to cut medicare than subsidies for oil and gas companies. you have a majority vote to cut medicare and create special interest loop holes and need two-third toz close tax breaks. the framers would be turning in their graves if they read it. what are the chances that it will come home? it is not law. it is dangerous for republican colleagues to say. if you do do that. congressman jordan, i want toy give you a chance to respond. there are 16 days left of the august 2nd deadline . ine if the cut, cap can balance is good as you say it is. we are spending precious time for what is not going to be a
clean balanced budget committee. they are using it to oppose the republican budget plan. if you look at that plan, it slashes medicaid and slashes deep low in education and protects tax breaks for special interest. they would write that in the constitutionurped their proposal and easier to cut medicare than subsidies for oil and gas companies. you have a majority vote to cut medicare and create special interest loop holes and need two-third toz close tax breaks. the framers would be turning in their graves if they read it. what are the chances that it will come home? it is not law. it is dangerous for republican colleagues to say. if you do do that. congressman jordan, i want toy give you a chance to respond. there are 16 days left of the