Again, to all the victims and their families in Boston and those from around the country who were affected, and even beyond our shores, our hearts and prayers go out to them once again.

I hope you understand what I am saying, which is that there are probably some things that are easier to implement than other things that you are recommending in your judgment.

So the problem is institutional and systemic across the board.

I once upon a time in a former life took over as tax commissioner for Senator Conrad.

The lessons for Medicare Advantage should be learned when we are moving toward managed care in Medicaid.

ICBA also support the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, S.774, introduced by Senators Moran and Joe Manchin.

Simply saying 'trust us' probably is not going to sit very well with a lot of the witnesses and a lot of the discussion on this panel.

Don't those increased costs get passed on to your consumers?

We need to defund it or, better, to deauthorize it, which myself and others here are working to do.

But I would tell you that no one thinks what they have done here has clarified what, in fact, is 'Waters of the United States.'

We are the true environmentalists of this land.

We are all for clean water, but this rule puts such a heavy burden on farmers and ranchers.

They are going beyond their authorized authority.

So I would ask each one of our witnesses, briefly: One, are you for good environmental stewardship?

We have to have clean water to do our farming practices the right way.

I thank my great friend, the Senator from Maine. She has been so instrumental in achieving compromise in the body, whether it is in the Commonsense Caucus, when we were in shut down, or it is just bridging the gap many times and trying to…

I would like to have a moment where we think about this body and how impressed everybody throughout the country is, how proud they are of our system of government, how proud of the great decisions that have been made in this room and of…

This is not a partisan issue. Most of us who actually receive comments from constituents can tell you clearly that these issues do not know political parties.