I appreciate the comments of my distinguished colleague from Texas. As usual, he is right on and one of the great leaders on trying to balance the budget through a constitutional amendment. I personally appreciate his efforts and his…

I have, on numerous occasions, in writing, during hearings like this, and elsewhere, expressed my hope that the administration, as a whole, would change its ways and become more cooperative and transparent.

I hope that, at the very least, we can finally get some straight answers to the many questions raised by CMS's Part B proposal.

I want to thank all those that have participated in the three sets of hearings that we have had. There is no doubt, after having gone through this, that there were a lot of mistakes is just a total understatement.

The committee will come to order. It has been a little bit disruptive here this morning.

There is no better record showing how and why Obamacare is not working than the reports we've received from these offices.

The evidence overwhelmingly shows that I--and the many others who opposed the law from the beginning--have been right all along.

But I also believe in my heart that it is just offensive to suggest that there was nothing wrong done, and to not apologize, it is just wrong.

If you want to do the courageous thing, like you said that Susan Hedman did, then you, too, should resign.

I have never been a fan of the so called Affordable Care Act.

the nominee should be decided after the election.

I rise to discuss the vacancy created by the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Those of us who knew the late Justice well are still mourning the loss of a dear friend, and the Nation is feeling the loss of one of the greatest…

Now, I am a lawyer, not a doctor, but I used to be a medical liability defense lawyer.

I think the breakdown in trust between just normal folks, just people, and the Federal Government is something that I think troubles all of us.

I think we have to find a way to do better than we have done at this, and not to give people the feeling the Federal Government is going to do what they are going to do regardless of how local people feel.

The EPA had every opportunity to make the right move here, and they did not.

Furthermore, Madam President, the minority leader has turned his daily remarks on the floor into constant diatribes against the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. These diatribes rank among the most vicious and most personal attacks I…

It should not take an act of Congress to tell the EPA that they need to make this information public.