mr. kyl: mr. president, the senator from mississippi is exactly right. and it's not just members of the house and members of the senate, republicans and democrats, and senior citizens in the state of arizona. there are some other third party sources i'll cite three. the centers for medicare and medicaid services, that's c.m.s., that's the outfit that runs medicare, they confirm that medicare cuts will compromise the care that seniors receive. "the washington post" newspaper, how about that for a third party source sal -- validating summer rises a support in an article "bill would reduce senior care," saying and i'm quoting, a plan to slash more than $500 billion from future medicare spending, one of the biggest spending for president obama's overhaul would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others. end of quote. and then "politico," a capitol hill newspaper, reported by 2014, enrollment in medicare advantage would drop from $13.00 -

mr. kyl: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the whole point of health care reform is to bring down costs and to make health care more affordable for american families. so why have democrat leaders produce add health care bill loaded with provisions that will increase premiums? independent studies from the nonpartisan congressional budget office and the joint committee on taxation and even a study by the chief actuary at the department of health and hiewsm services confirm this, that the democrat plan will drive up premiums and overall health care spending faster than in the absence of these so-called reforms. well, how is this sold? let me mention five specific ways. first of all, new insurance mandates and new taxes on the insurance industry. new insurance requirements and new taxes on the insurance industry will force premiums to rise for many americans, particularly the young and healthy. according to an independent analysis that studied the effect of the new insurance reforms and new taxes on the insurance indust

mr. kyl: thank you, mr. president. mr.resident, the whole point of health care reform is to bring down costs and to make health care more affordable for american families. so why have democrat leaders produce add health care bill loaded with provisions that will increase premiums? independent studies from the nonpartisan congressional budget office and the joint committee on taxation and even a study by the chief actuary at the department of health and hiewsm services confirm this, that the democrat plan will drive up premiums and overall health care spending faster than in the absence of these so-called reforms. well, how is this sold? let me mention five specific ways. first of all, new insurance mandates and new taxes on the insurance industry. new insurance requirements and new taxes on the insurance industry will force premiums to rise for many americans, particularly the young and healthy. according to an independent analysis that studied the effect of the new insurance reforms and new taxes on the insurance industry

kyl, are you going out of order? i realize you have other matters at other sessions. thanks to agreeing to that. please go ahead, sir. five minutes. >> thank you. mr. attorney general i have more questions, but i want to turn to the media shield discussion, which you and i talked about on november 4th. you indicated your willingness to address that at more length in a hearing, and i'm hopeful that the chairman will call a hearing at which you could express your views in more details than you did in the views letter sent to us recently. did you consult with secretary gates in determining to support the current version of the@@@@@ >> a small portion of the letter he wrote to us concerning the bill. he said the bill would undermine our ability to protect national security inflammation. it seriously impeded investigation of unauthorized disclosures. in view of that strong opinion, and incidentally he was joined the that by several other members. other members, people in position of authority in our intelligence and national security community, it seems to me it would be important for us to hear from them and certainly mr. attorney general for you to w