All this attention is being paid to Medicaid because that’s the Democrats’ talking point.

What we are going to do is go into those programs and carve out the fraud, waste and abuse, and find efficiencies.

we’ll see if there are grown up Democrats in the Senate.

roll over and play dead

the strategic retreat

We want to root out fraud and waste in the program.

allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.

It doesn’t even mention Medicaid in the bill.

We will work tirelessly, and we will push back in every possible way.

We aren't going to let them just do whatever they want.

He chose to deliberately violate House rules in a manner that we think is probably unprecedented in history—interrupting a message of a president of the United States, who is an honored guest.

Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste and abuse.

Thank you, Mr. President. We'll get it done!

We take no pleasure in this. I gave repeated warnings to Rep. Green to stand down and to sit down and he refused to do it.

He deliberately violated House rules, and an expeditious vote of censure is an appropriate remedy.

I think you need to define what is meant by ‘winding down.’ Returning control to the states and localities is, I think, technically, a good idea.

Medicaid is for single mothers with small children who are just trying to make it. It's not for 29-year-old males sitting on their couch playing video games.

They were of paid protesters or of Democrats who went to the events early and filled up the seats.