As the use of fracking increases, we have a responsibility to ensure that developments happen responsibly.

While we are not using as much coal today for generating electricity as we were a decade ago or even 5 years ago, we are going to be using coal for a long time in this country.

I want to say I really appreciate the hearing the chairman and the ranking member have put together.

I'm very pleased to hear that fracking is not the problem.

Thank you very much. I have a short statement for the record.

But I think it's a very important point that you raised.

Under ordinary times, perhaps Alice, a Democrat, would not be calling for substantial changes to the entitlement programs, and I, a Republican, would be against higher revenues. But this is not a normal time, and we cannot allow…

We must continue to innovate and experiment with sensible cost-containment measures, but the challenge is not going to disappear overnight.

America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

We must counter the notion that the STEM field is a male-only club.

I talked to the president of the university and said, 'Here's the numbers I have. Unless you can show me something different, you cannot cut your women's program.'

And that's why I have co-sponsored bipartisan legislation with Senator Olympia Snowe to strengthen title IX and make sure it continues to deliver results for every young woman.

I really do appreciate you holding this hearing today. I think there is a lot of good information.

We do not need to throw the baby out with the bath water, we do not need to shred Medicare in order to save it.

Any prudent person, I think, would say, we are going to have to make some changes.

Can I just say in conclusion, Mr. Chairman, to me one of the biggest challenges we confront in Medicare reform is dealing with this risk of cherry-picking.

I think you have it about right with respect to the revenue side of the equation. I think you are headed in the right direction on entitlement reform.

I served on Simpson-Bowles. In many ways I think your work product is actually somewhat superior to ours.