the report up for discussion today is not about any real-world fraud.

the rate of Americans without health insurance is the lowest they've ever measured.

Today's hearing will address controls at the HealthCare.gov website.

A retiree nearing Medicare age shouldn't get kicked to the curb because she accidentally submitted an incorrect document.

the Affordable Care Act has extended health care coverage to more than 16 million real people who use their insurance to see real doctors.

A transgender American shouldn't lose health coverage after a name change because some forms don't match.

Quit making dippy rules, and you won't have to show up here at all, it is no problem.

I hope that the hearings inspire strong action. My Republican colleagues and I disagree about many things, but on this issue, on this issue, we have an opportunity to reach not only common ground, but higher ground.

I would note to the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Connolly, that please have a look at the--Cedric Richmond has a piece of legislation that I cosponsored, we introduced it, that deals with solitary confinement requires a study in reporting…

I think that in the long run there could be potential negative unintended consequences for the workers that they are trying to help.

It seems to us as if we are almost being inundated with things that are in-your-face saying, 'Screw you, we are not going to give you the material that you want.'

Some states, like my state, which I think had been doing an excellent job in ensuring protection of the environment with hydraulic fracturing, basically felt insulted by that concept.

The bottom line is still they weren't there.

Yes, and none of that does the delegation of regulatory authority, which I understand, because that authority simply does not exist.

Either they have the right to regulate them before this rule, or BLM simply was negligent for decades in not doing its job in regulating the fracking by itself.

When you are dealing with public health and safety, you shouldn't have to wait for the Deepwater Horizon-like disaster to happen before implementing prudent precautionary regulations.

I worry that the criminal justice system today is not the system that I think we should aspire to.

This seems to be a fiasco. It is a mess.