let me kwoeth whquote what he s because i think it's important, since the president's budget will be submitted shortly and i i'm sure he'll have some proposals as well. you have to look at it in the context of the full recommendations and the question will be whether my republican colleagues want to support the full budget. here's the president's statement, just for the record. quote, and i will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on medicare, but does not raise serious revenue by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. we are not going to have a onesided deal that hurts the folks who are most vulnerable. so when the president made his proposals, he made them as part of a package approach. asking all the american people to be part of the solution and not singling out seniors or middle-income families to take a disproportionate brunt of the hit. thank you, mr. chairman. >> and thank you, and to conclude on this issue, i would just say that the purpose of this is to protect taxpayers from overpayments. and these are payments t