"Even President Obama understood this much when his Administration determined in 2012 that DACA recipients should not be eligible for Medicaid."
"We have a moral obligation to be good stewards of our nation's rich wildlife and ensure we can share these iconic species with generations of Americans to come."
"Ten years ago, on the Endangered Species Act 40th anniversary, he warned of the dangers of partisan bickering and political agendas in undermining the survival of the ESA."
"So, if I understand you correctly, we know that over 99 percent of species under the ESA have not gone extinct."
"When you are making it harder for people to be healthy, you are going to have a tough sell that you are in it for the people."
"What I think people are irritated with, and I can speak for myself, what I am irritated with is we have three co-equal branches of government to do that."
"We need to update the Endangered Species Act to account for climate risks."
"In my opinion, you altered the law in direct contradiction to the decision of the Federal court judge which stated that DACA was unlawful."
"This hearing does not meet those standards because what powerful people are we holding to account here?"
"That is our job, and that is what we are doing. CMS' own estimates show that Medicaid and CHIP state expenditures would increase by $40 million."
"The Arctic has never been more central to America's national security."
"Instead, they are proposing a rule with dubious legal basis to provide taxpayer-funded Federal health benefits to individuals who have entered this country illegally."
"But the American people have choice as well, and if communities around the world expect the American taxpayer to help, then there should be some sort of mutual benefit to include respect for the rule ..."
"I am curious on how we are going to pay for this. Last I checked, we have a major deficit in this country, and I have yet to hear any explanation of how we are paying with this."
"If we agree that Russia and their proxies are bad choices, I do not believe that we should allow it to be their only choice."
"This Administration has chosen to reward those who enter the country illegally, with release from custody in many cases."
"The purpose of this hearing is to analyze the strategic aims in Africa of the Russian Federation and its proxies."
"We have three co-equal branches of government, and we have to stop changing the definitions, and we have to follow the rules of law."
