The bottom line is that people with good coverage, like Medicare, Medicaid, employer coverage, can keep that.

It is ironic: Today is the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a terrible tragedy...

They said healthcare costs would soar. In fact, they've grown at a record low rate.

I rise as a member of the Safe Climate Caucus to address the important issue of climate change. EPA reported some good news today: carbon pollution from power plants has dropped 10 percent from 2010 to 2012. Some of this drop was due to…

They said insurance rates would skyrocket. In fact, they are lower than predicted.

Neither you nor anyone else at the table thought or made a recommendation not to go forward on October 1 because you didn't think the system was ready.

We all want answers because we want families to have affordable health insurance.

We have already documented a record of Republicans attempting to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.

Can we get an apology for shutting down the government because people didn't like the health care bill?

My Republican colleagues have been predicting that healthcare reform would be a disaster for 3 years now, and every time they've been wrong.

They said Medicare would be undermined. In fact, it's stronger than ever, and seniors are saving billions of dollars on prescription drugs.

We want to learn what the contractors can tell us about the problems and how they can be addressed.

The Affordable Care Act is an enormous success with one obvious exception: It has a poorly designed Web site.

Congressman Rush and I have sent around 40 letters to you requesting a hearing on climate change and we haven't gotten any responses.

Some things never change, one of which is the enduring truth of free-functioning, competitive markets.

Based on some of the testimony we heard today, one might think that we are evaluating a new network being built across the country.

I do agree we need to move on a test. We just need to move forward.

We are not against AT&T, we are not against the ILECs. AT&T is a proud American company.

We are for robust competition, for merit over might.

I agree with Mr. Cicconi that we need the FCC as an expert agency to help guide the evolution to an all-IP network.

I don't think not having trials is an acceptable answer because I think it would in essence be the government saying, we are not going to plan for this.

Now, for the rest of public policy and for everybody else, given the importance and complexity of transitioning voice services to an all-IP network, wouldn't it make sense to have a trial overseen by the FCC to help collect data based on…

So even if they choose not to offer telephone service, that doesn't lead you to the conclusion that we ought to eliminate the rules for all telephone services.

I thank Chairman Walden for holding this important hearing and working with us to assemble a balanced panel.

Since the days of a black rotary phone, Americans have been able to count on the phone network to call friends and family.