"the Federal Government would maintain its commitment to sharing the costs of providing basic healthcare and long-term coverage to vulnerable Americans."
"A vision without funding is a hallucination."
"The $200 billion in the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House of Representatives was turned down over here in the Senate."
"This is the trick. On the one hand, you want people to do something, when in fact a lot of folks may not realistically be able to find a job."
"The Honorable Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member"
"Although he made a number of very sensible recommendations, we heard at our hearing last September that the CSB chairman failed to adequately address these problems, and in fact, had created a dysfunc..."
"Today's hearing is on a topic about which many Americans have strong feelings..."
"I believe it is critical that our actions be based on science..."
"We need to make sure that companies and regulators can keep pace with innovation."
"Families all across the country expect the safety devices in their vehicles to work."
"We know that at least five people are dead and dozens have been injured by these defective airbags."
"We do not know exactly what Takata and auto manufacturers knew about these defective airbags and when they knew it."