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I am absolutely delighted to be here today. I think this marks a milestone and an opportunity for us to accomplish something important for the people of this country.

Yet, if that person with diabetes loses a limb, or goes blind, or has a stroke, we will pay for all of those costs.

I have had specialists in Maine tell me that when patients realize that, they cancel the screening. It just does not make sense to me.

Actually, without quality information, there is reason to believe it is going to make things worse because people are going to use price as a measure or a marker of quality.

The only way price transparency works is, as you said, if you have quality information, and that is how we do tradeoffs.

Researchers have also found that patients equate high prices with high quality.

In the State of Maine, for example, the cost of a knee replacement can vary from less than $25,000 to more than $50,000.

I happen to believe, and I know you do too, Mr. Carson, that the role of government is to help people escape poverty, not help them become comfortable in poverty.

Will you commit to me that you will faithfully implement the policies established by Congress and the funding that are established by Congress for this office?

Right now, there is no deterrence. We are entirely defensive and ultimately that is a losing strategy.

We need a cyber doctrine or a strategy to make our adversaries understand that they will pay a price for a cyberattack on this country.

I have never seen a part of our Federal government, to be very honest with you, Mr. O'Rourke, who is--tries to be less accountable than the VA.

I would encourage you to discuss them in the most energetic and passionate way on behalf of those that should not be designated SIFIs.

I really appreciate your being forthright about that, because I believe that if states understood that, they'd be more receptive to the help that I know Secretary Johnson offered.

The best defense is for the public to understand that it's happening and then they can discount it

I see a real vulnerability is voting lists and the lists that are maintained mostly at the state level.

Do you have an overall assessment of how secure the American voting system is going into 2018, which is now 4 months away?

What bothers me in your statement is the word 'offered'. The ones who are not asking for it may be the ones who need it.