When you remove a facility from a community, they no longer will maintain that ability to live prosperous lives.

Yes. And I think that no resounds throughout the room in terms of this balance of power at the corporate boards.

They kept the State of Massachusetts in the dark. They refused to provide the information necessary for the state to be able to make a determination as to the financial condition of Steward.

The corporate practice of medicine puts profits before people.

Fighting against corporate greed is going to be an uphill battle, but it is what Senator Warren, and I are promising you here today.

Instead of health care experts, you do have wealth care experts.

Can we really have accountability of corporate greed without greater transparency in this one sector, the health care sector, that affects every family in our Country?

If we close our doors, there is nowhere for people to go, nowhere.

Right. So going in, they would want you to think that if anything went wrong, it was because of benign neglect.

Thank you. And, thanks to everyone who has joined us today.

It clearly would ultimately wind up harming the nonprofit sector that provides the very same services.

Greed thrives in the dark. And turning on the lights will help.

What is happening here in the Commonwealth is happening all over the country.

Increased wait times and critical shortage of staff leading to dangerous boarding levels and critically dangerous patient to nurse ratios in the emergency department.

I commend Senator Warren for her proposed 'Stop Wall Street Looting Act,' which would close many of the loopholes used by the private equity players.

If that courage were available--and I think you see it in this room in Senator Markey and Senator Warren--then we know at least where to begin to prevent other Steward-like disasters.

Mr. Speaker, today I missed votes due to an illness. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 102, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 103, and ``nay'' on rollcall No. 104. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, today I missed votes due to an illness. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 96, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 97, and ``yes'' on rollcall No. 98. ____________________