"The Affordable Care Act is doing great things in California and I am proud to see that."
"Unfortunately we are seeing a widening gap in the uninsured rates between expansion states and non-expansion states."
"I am hopeful that we can see the uninsured rate continue to drop and I hope more states do right by their citizens by choosing to expand Medicaid."
"Now every time one provision of the ACA has a bump in the road we hear from our Republican colleagues that this is the end of health reform."
"the ACA has other measures in place like tax credits to keep premium affordable and provide choices for consumers."
"We know it is fiscally irresponsible not to expand Medicaid."
"Medicaid expansion brings down marketplace rates."
"What we really want to do today is treat mental illness as a disease and afford the same prevention, early intervention, and treatment that we strive to have for physical illnesses."
"Mental health parity is an essential part of comprehensive reform."
"Thank you very much. And I would like to thank all the witnesses for being here today to testify on such an important issue."
"I want to thank the Commission for appearing before us again. It is great to see you."
"I appreciate the FCC started a proceeding on the 1675 to 1680 megahertz which Representative Guthrie and I wrote to you about along with many of our colleagues."