The Imperative of Entitlement Reform and Health Care Cost Control

Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), and Evan Bayh (D-IN) invite you to join them and other former Members of Congress to the final forum on America’s fiscal challenge: The Imperative of Entitlement Reform and Health Care Cost Control PANEL ONE Featuring: William H. Frist (R-TN)Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Donna Shalala Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services PANEL TWO Featuring: John B. Taylor Former U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Alice RivlinFormer Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Monday, October 1, 20121:00 p.m. Registration and Coffee Served 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Forum The Center for Strategic and International StudiesB1 Conference Room 1800 K Street, Washington, DC 20006 Seating is limited. RSVP is required. Please click here to RSVP. Note: You must log on to your CSIS account to register.  If you do not have an account with CSIS you will need to create one.  If you have any difficulties, please contact imisadmin@csis.org. Follow @USAstronger for live updates #FiscalCrisis _______________________ Strengthening of America—Our Children’s Future is an initiative of The Concord Coalition, The Bipartisan Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the American Business Conference, the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.  The Steering Committee for Strengthening of America currently includes the following former members of Congress:  Howard Baker (R-TN), Bob Bennett (R-UT), David Boren (D-OK), Bill Brock (R-TN), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Mike Castle (R-DE), Jack Danforth (R-MO), Tom Davis (R-VA), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Mickey Edwards (R-OK), Daniel Evans (R-WA), Bill Frenzel (R-MN), Dan Glickman (D-KS), Slade Gorton (R-WA), Bob Graham (D-FL), William Gray (D-PA), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jane Harman (D-CA), J. Bennett Johnston (D-LA), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), David McCurdy (D-OK), Jim Nussle (R-IA), Tim Penny (D-MN), Chuck Robb (D-VA), Tim Roemer (D-IN), Alan Simpson (R-WY), Charlie Stenholm (D-TX), John Tanner (D-TN), Tom Tauke (R-IA), and Tim Wirth (D-CO). Look at the extensive cast of characters listed below, including the hosts, the speakers and the sponsoring groups and their members!  It's a who's who of the people who, during the past 4 decades, have caused the nation's fiscal problems by going along to get along!!!   Now they want to be "statesmen" and urge someone else to either clean up the mess and/or pay for it.