Mr. Chairman, there is real work to be done. There are real issues that need to be addressed.
You are being passive-aggressive. You are being an obstructionist agency. And it is outrageous.
They are coming up with new legal standards here that don't even exist in the law.
I must tell you, I am upset. And I am very disappointed with today's hearing, with the topic.
We should not waste the time and energy debating how to tear apart the good part of healthcare reform.
The lengths we have had to go, in this investigation, clearly underscore the unprecedented level of obstruction by this ...
This program simply helps low-income people afford medical costs.
Does this program benefit the average person, the average Joe?
Well, it will be good trouble.
Let me describe, I think, what the point of the hearing is.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I don't plan to stay here, and I don't think it is fair for the witness to stay here.
We have been here for a while and you are going over.
Good fences make good neighbors.
You don't mean to tell me that you have to violate the Constitution in order to get this done.
Defying the Constitution: The Administration's Unlawful Funding of the Cost Sharing Reduction Program.
Did you prepare in any way for this hearing?
So many families don't even have the safety net of a private insurance and so they are going to the hospitals, to the em...