Henry Waxman

So when Republicans voted against the Affordable Care Act, they were voting to let the insurance companies do this rescission.

I congratulate Mr. Cohen and his agency for doing all that they are doing.

They want this bill to fail.

You have to question how sincere they are about wanting to help people with preexisting conditions.

Success doesn't change the opinions of my colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle.

Republicans still oppose the Affordable Care Act. They are not taking a constructive approach.

The certainty they would have if there was no Affordable Care Act is that millions of people would be discriminated against because they had preexisting health conditions.

The Affordable Care Act will go fully into effect and Americans will never again have to worry about their ability to get affordable, high-quality health insurance.

The ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage for children with preexisting conditions right now, isn't that correct?

We talked about the Affordable Care Act being fully implemented in 2014, but many key benefits and protections from the law are already in place.

It is to be quite amazing that the Republican suddenly want to champion a program for a few months which is a bridge until people get to what is a much more sane way to handle the matter.

This Preexisting Condition Insurance Program, or PCIP, was part of the Affordable Care Act. It isn't something the Republicans authored into law; it was part of the Affordable Care Act that they voted against.

It is so amazing to me that the Republicans are complaining that money was taken from the prevention program to help pay for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act after the Republicans denied the Administration funds to implement…

What I do hope is, as problems arise, we can work together to identify and fix them instead of using them to simply score political points.

I hope that we take that appropriate perspective and I hope that we can develop that perspective as the Affordable Care Act is implemented over the coming months.

I would like you to take this opportunity to set the record straight on exactly how the Prevention Fund is and isn't being used and why we need it.

Nothing is more important than preventing disease and promoting good public health, and I hope this fund can be used for the purpose for which it was intended.

They would allow insurance companies to discriminate against people they look at as maybe costing them money.

What would the world be like for health insurance if we let the insurance companies be in charge?

The Republicans fought against the Affordable Care Act. In fact, Republicans fought against Medicare, but they certainly hated the Affordable Care Act.

Commend you and your team for your tireless efforts on implementing the Affordable Care Act

It is hard for any reasonable person to not conclude you need a stronger, clearer law to give you authority.

If we want you to do your job, we have got to give you the tools.

Well, you don't have the authority to get record inspections, isn't that right?

No, we, as you note, don't have the authority to even know who is out there and what they are making.