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    "ocrText": "Entitlened\nTALKING POINTS FOR UNVEILING OF THE KERREY COMMISSION\nFebruary 10, 1994\n* Today I am announcing the names of the Bipartisan Commission on\nEntitlement Reform. This panel -- made up of some of the best people in the public and\nprivate sector, of wide experience and diverse views -- will take a hard look at one of our\nthorniest problems: how to reform entitlements and bring their cost under control. I want to\nthank Senator Bob Kerrey for proposing this idea, and extend my gratitude to him and Sen.\nJack Danforth for agreeing to chair it.\nThe Commission will report directly to my National Economic Council. I expect the\nCommission's report later in the year, giving us the opportunity to consider your\nrecommendations as part of our deliberations as we prepare the budget for fiscal year 1996.\nThe results should be thought-provoking and significant.\n* The Commission will grapple with the real issues of entitlement reform -- not\ncaps or other gimmicks that merely defer the hard choices. They will look at specific,\nconstructive proposals. And we will take very seriously something that has strong\nbipartisan support.\n* We all agree that our number one entitlement problem is Medicare and\nMedicaid. We are committed to reforming those programs, through our health security\nplan. As you'd expect, there will be a lot of technical adjustments as the legislation moves\nthrough Congress. One thing is certain: When we sign a bill guaranteeing private health\ninsurance, it will be a bill that keeps the deficit on a downward path and slows the growth of\nhealth costs. But there are other serious entitlement issues to be looked at, and this\ncommission will do that.\n* We cannot let up in our efforts to renew our economy and reform our\ngovernment. Last year, we began to put our economic house in order by enacting a budget\nthat will cut the deficit in half. The result has been declining deficits and new economic\ngrowth.\nThe Vice-President's pathbreaking work on reinventing government has underscored\nour commitment to a government that does more with less. And earlier this week, I\nproposed a budget that made tough choices to maintain a tough discretionary spending freeze.\nIf we continue on our path, we will finally be laying the foundation for sustained economic\ngrowth. And we will see productive, job-creating investment, not merely paper prosperity.\n* The tough questions this panel will ask demonstrate why we don't need a\nbalanced budget amendment. You can't reform the federal government by putting it on\nautomatic pilot or by engaging in empty political symbolism. The only way to bring the\ncost of entitlements under control is to bring the cost of entitlements under control. That's\nwhat our health care proposal is all about. Waving a constitutional magic wand won't solve\nthe hard questions -- it will merely postpone them."
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