"I certainly stand ready, and I'm sure all of us do, to be helpful to you as you take on this new assignment."
"Sustainable stability."
"I see today's hearing as an important milestone in making real progress in this direction."
"I have total confidence that you'll be confirmed, and you should be confirmed because we need you there."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Grassley. Let me thank each of you and Senator Leahy, as well, for the courtesies you have extended to me as we have gone through this process."
"I just wanted to note how pleased I am to be here alongside my colleague, Senator Casey."
"When compliance costs go up, that cuts into a business' bottom line, and that means jobs are likely to be lost."
"The fact that so many Americans have had to be exempted from the law's protections under waivers, or risk losing their current coverage, should be alarming to every Member of Congress."
"It is essential that everyone have coverage."
"The Affordable Care Act, in my opinion, levies unreasonable demands on employers, manufacturers, doctors, and not only discourages hiring but encourages employers to drop their employee health insuran..."
"The Affordable Care Act really ought to come with a boxed FDA warning that says, Warning: The Affordable Care Act, when used as directed, may be harmful to your health."
"You just cannot be anti-employer and claim to be pro jobs."
"Unfortunately, we have got to work around the President's schedule, and I regret that."
"I just talked to a restaurateur today... my business is gone."
"If you like your insurance plan, you will keep it. No one will be able to take that away from you."
"If you like your current plan, you will be able to keep it. Let me repeat that: If you like your plan, you will be able to keep it."
"If you like what you have, you can keep it, was the promise that President Obama repeatedly made on the campaign trail."
"What should raise some red flags with every member of this committee... is single-handedly crippling an entire segment of our economy."
