"you can't speak for the American people, and you can't speak for these miners."
"I represent 705,687 people in western Pennsylvania. I don't know if they are Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian. I don't know what they are. You know what I do know? They are all Americans..."
"I am mad. I am not going to sit here and watch this great country go down the drain because of upside down thinking people."
"I wish we could hold up the paychecks until this becomes more effective and more efficient and doesn't run $1.7 trillion a year in the red."
"I agree with Mr. Clay, there is an evolving truth as we see in this Administration, as we continue to look at programs that are put into effect and we start to wonder, why did we really do this."
"In my world, we call that bass ackwards."
"If Medicare Advantage plans don't change benefit packages, the Medicare Advantage cuts are going to result in higher premiums by about $1,800 per beneficiary, voters, by 2017."
"this is going to be a really, really difficult time for those folks. It's going to take a long time to recover."
"I think it helps. You know, as an example, Gabby's staff, I mean, we immediately got, you know, some professional help for them."
"I think these towns like Tucson tend to rise to the occasion and that support really helps those people that are experiencing this."
"I think the confusing thing of this is, when we talk about--and Mr. Tierney said the problem is there is a lack of demand."
"Is there anybody sitting at this table that would say to me, you know what, we don't have enough regulations?"