Well, thank you, Mr. President, and thank you for

doing this. I think it's very important, and...

Mr. President, I

think that the Social Security discussion was a very, very productive

section....

Lindsey Graham. (Cross talk, laughter.)

South Carolina. It's not Louisiana, all right? I got

it....

But -- (off mike) --

I think your comment that follow-through is going to

be essential.

If we've come together and had a good discussion --

(off mike) -- a lot of bright people who...

The

whole entitlement thing is as you've characterized it. We have a real

sustainability...

Well, first of all, thank

you for doing this. I thought it was a terrific start in the White

House....

I got a bum leg, Mr. President. Sorry

-- excuse me, sir.

And thank you (for holding ?)...

Yes.

Yes.

If you look across the federal government, there are problems in

IT contracts no...

First, let me thank you

for bringing us together. (Off mike) -- making certain that

recognized...

No question about it.

Well, if you're looking for a fight, and a partisan

fight, any loophole you close is a tax increase....

Well, under your leadership, I'm looking forward to

it.

Mr. President, I, too, want to thank

you very much for having us. It's -- it is a great opportunity,...

Thank you.

I know how the Finance Committee works,

so -- (laughter) -- well, Mr. President, first, all...

Well, I just wanted to thank you very

much, Mr. President, for doing this.

I was thinking,...

Yes.

Thank you, Mr. President. And I, too, appreciate the

effort to bring these people together....

They're --

They're words from both sides of the aisle.

(Laughter.) (Off mike) -- not get into the debate...

So I appreciate you putting that -- (off mike).

Mr. President,

I'm John Castellani. (Inaudible) -- we saw each other the other day.

I was in the health-care discussion, and the one

thing that we all agreed on was that it is...

Yeah. I mean, I just want to say that I am sitting next to John

because he and I and...

Thanks. (Laughter.)

Mr. President, it's an honor to be here. Thank you for your

leadership. You touched in...

As the former comptroller general of the United

States, I can tell you we're $11 trillion in...

Mr. President, kind of a surprise from the

procurement group that was together. We had almost...

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to bring up that in

the health care,...

Mr. President, thank you for having us

here at the White House. I'm going to take a little bit...

We'd love you to interject yourself. (Laughter.)

Thank

you, Mr. President. Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy

Research. I just...

To echo what some others have said,

thanks very, very much for bringing us together.

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