"State funding for education has been declining at all levels."
"We want to make $9 billion worth of cuts. We think this in the best interest of public education and private education, because we think the Federal Government should play less of a role, and the burd..."
"We do not have enough money. If we could do more, we would do more."
"I want to ask you about how this impacts your progress and planning?"
"My view is that the same is true for a value-added tax. And I guess as I am looking at the so-called loopholes that you are looking at closing, without a VAT or a BAT, you are just not going to be abl..."
"But you are saying: You know what? We are just going to ignore CBO and just hope, allege, assert that tax cuts always generate more revenue and pay for themselves."
"What concerns me is that it seems to me that you are very sure about where you want to cut taxes and you are very vague about how you want to generate the revenue to make up for those tax cuts."
"I thank the committee for including telehealth provisions inspired by our CONNECT bill in the bill we are discussing today."
"CONNECT for Health, S. 1016, is a product of hard work and determination."
"This is excellent care that can improve patients' lives."
"The Mississippi Department of Medicaid found that if this remote monitoring program were extended... the State would save $189 million per year."
"I am happy to co-sponsor the CHRONIC Care Act, a bill that can help improve outcomes and disease management for people on Medicare who have chronic illnesses."