the biggest capital-gains tax cut in American history.

Wages stagnated under Obama; they skyrocketed under Reagan. That is not population-driven; that is productivity-driven.

the result of that was the lowest economic growth rate in the post-war era.

These cuts would have a major impact on the people who are the subject of this hearing.

Last month, the House passed an ACA repeal bill that would slash Medicaid by more than $800 billion over the next decade.

Unfortunately, the recent actions of my Republican colleagues suggest that this may no longer be the case.

Just a word on integration. As I look about us, the four of us Democrats on the Committee at the time of ACA were in the vanguard of those who sought to have more integration, more bundling, all kinds of concepts.

I have visited my local PACE in Southern California, and I was so impressed by the level of care that was there.

Congress really needs to find out whether there was an active effort to interfere with the investigation or to draw in the intelligence agencies or their leadership in a way that would politicize the agencies.

If the intention here is for Devin Nunes to actually sabotage the committee investigation, he is on his way to doing that.

It troubles me that here our democracy is at risks and we're allowing the president and his sidekick, Mr. Nunes, to try and distract once again.

This was done, I think, purely to entertain the president and to show that once, again, Mr. Nunes was listening for his cues from the president.

He acted arbitrarily and unilaterally and did not even consult with the ranking member, Adam Schiff.

That's what recusal means. It means that you are no longer associated with anything to do with the Russia investigation.

He is not a man of his word, that he hasn't really recused himself.

In all likelihood, there will be subpoenas issued which he will be compelled to respond to.

I will accept that and continue to work with the gentleman and Chairman Goodlatte from Virginia, because, at the end of the day, to have some success and to move this forward, we are going to have to have reconciliation between the Senate…

Mr. Chair, as a co-chair of the Victims' Rights Caucus, along with Congressman Ted Poe, we have over 70 members, bipartisan, to focus on protecting victims of crime. We also try to ensure that we protect the VOCA funding that goes for very…