I want to say to Bob Casey who's taken a tremendous interest in children's issues and I'm very grateful to him.

Imposing an employer mandate could result in the loss of more than 220,000 jobs in this country.

History already teaches us this lesson. In 1965, Medicare started as a political compromise where it would pay the same rates as the private sector.

I personally think that's impossible because of all the State and Federal regulations that are imposed on private plans that a government plan would never be subjected to.

I would be opposed to a government plan.

Today we will revisit some of those issues discussed in those hearings to see what sort of progress has been made.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing today.

I know the challenge, but we need a little bit more than Homer Simpson to get us out of the challenges we are facing.

What happens if it does pass? What happens if it doesn't pass? We have to deal with both realities.

It is essential that Congress act swiftly to enact my bill to once again make the setting of minimum retail prices illegal.

I have introduced the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, cosponsored by Senator Whitehouse.

Thank you, Chairman Lynch, for holding this important hearing on 'Protecting the Protectors: An Assessment of Frontline Federal Workers in Response to the Swine Flu (H1N1) Outbreak.'

Was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people? I'm not sure.

I just can't understand the claim that you were just sticking to binding, clear, longstanding precedent.

Even the District Court felt that this was an unusual case.

By the time of the founding, the right to have arms had become fundamental for English subjects.

I think I should be more specific.

I think it is also important for you to know how I feel about these type of cases.