"the Obama Administration strongly opposes this legislation."
"the only way urban America thrives is if rural America thrives."
"I am a big supporter of telemedicine and telemonitoring."
"We, American taxpayers, are subsidizing the European tax rates in large part because of our defense budget."
"If we can spend it twice, we can solve a lot of problems."
"I think there is one thing that we can all agree on, and that is that Congress is failing the American people in our responsibility to help ensure that we have safe and efficient infrastructure upon w..."
"The only holdback, the only dark spot in all this is the Federal Government's participation."
"Thank you for having the hearing. And thanks for helping to subsidize my California constituents and their health care."
"Thank you to all the witnesses for being here."
"So it is all geography as it pertains to your hospital?"
"In my home State of California, we have hundreds of community hospitals and there is no shortage of competition."
"What about the current law that requires physician-owned hospitals to report annually to CMS about the ownership and all the particulars?"