Henry Waxman

I don't like some of these caps. Frankly it is such a low cap and hasn't been expanded.

I think medical malpractice is a real problem. I don't think the system is a very good one.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 256, after line 9, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 814…

We are refusing to ask the people at the very top 1 percent to pay their fair share of taxes.

In order to pay for this program, which has been a successful program, and it is a lifeline.

We need to have a standard that we all understand because some witnesses are required to give disclosures.

I am not objecting to this witness testifying but we have Mr. Holtz-Eakin testifying.

No one in the Congress or the Administration tried to stop you from communicating your best judgments on the estimates for this health care bill.

The current Republican Majority is not serious about deficit reduction. They are about ideological stances that help the rich get richer.

If the chamber claims to represent small businesses, then why does it oppose health reform provisions that would prevent small businesses from facing these challenges?

So we all agree that Medicare cost growth has been brought to be a very low level, so low that in CBO's baseline the triggers for the Independent Payment Advisory Board are not tripped anymore.

They choose to cut Medicare, Medicaid and health insurance for middle-income American families to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

I find this hearing to be sadly ironic. The Republican members of the House have frequently complained about the growth in spending in government health programs.

They say they are for an all-of-the-above strategy. That is an all-nuclear strategy to me.

But nuclear energy, on the other hand, is not competitive unless the government subsidizes it.

I think we have a responsibility in Congress, not just you in your position but we in the Congress for our oversight and investigative purposes since we write the laws.

The Republican energy policy seems to be depending on coal, oil, and nuclear power.

But Japan is a highly developed country. It is technologically sophisticated as us and there is much concern in the U.S. that a similar accident can occur here.

We urgently need a new energy policy, and I hope the testimony today from Secretary Chu and Chairman Jaczko will help point the way.

The Republican budget for this year, H.R. 1, would slash DOE's energy efficiency and renewable energy budget by 35 percent.

It should be obvious we need a new energy policy that promotes clean, safe, and affordable energy.

This is not an all-of-the-above strategy. This is an all-nuclear strategy.

We can do better. We need to do better.

Ensuring that our companies have an opportunity to succeed on a level playing field is a responsibility that only government can shoulder.

I welcome President Obama's goal of doubling U.S. exports within 5 years.