When Secretary Sebelius testified... she stated that could not provide any data because the administration did not 'have any reliable data around enrollment.'

This administration has had a long history trying to get straight answers from this Administration on the status of the Affordable Care Act.

The administration ignored us. Why? It wasn't because the data didn't exist; it was because the news wasn't good.

This subcommittee has a long history of trying to get straight answers from the administration on the status of the Affordable Care Act.

The administration spent over half a billion dollars on a Web site that they had been warned for months would not be ready and would not work.

She stated that she could not provide any data because the administration did not 'have any reliable data around enrollment.'

We are seeing in Pennsylvania that the program right now is supporting renovation and expansion of existing stores in our State--I am sure this is true in other states as well--so they can provide healthy foods that communities want.

I wanted to try to maybe explore three issues. Dairy, an issue you and I have talked about over many years.

Congress has a responsibility up here and is not fulfilling that responsibility.

What I have tried to do over several years now is to try to create some opportunities where committees can have the benefit of those microloans where it is not only targeted but it is also in the context of incentivizing the growth in…

Thank you, Senator Warner, especially for that first commercial that you gave us.

the biggest uncertainty sometimes is what does not happen here.

So certainly thousands of jobs, maybe not in the double figures.

Well, I will tell you--and I will wrap up, but, first of all, I want to thank you for your public service and your work on these particular matters.

I was telling the Chairwoman recently I have been wanting to actually be at a hearing where she was chairing.

The bottom line is that until we can attract more physicians to underserved communities and tighten the access gap, the best and most cost-efficient alternative is to improve telehealth networks.

So all of these strategies that lead to better results by way of rural development, economic development, regional approaches are going to be vitally important to help people dig out of that difficult circumstance.

But thanks for having this hearing.