Diana DeGette: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and welcome, Mr. Chairman.”

All of these radicals who are coming to the House, thinking they’re going to be able to pass a very broad bill like Medicare-for-All right away, they’re going to run into a brick wall immediately.

If you’re going to be doing quality health care legislation, you should be able to do it in a bipartisan way.

If I could pass Medicare-for-All unilaterally in the minority, I would do it, because I’m an original co-sponsor of that bill. But the frustration people are feeling is with the whole system.

I want to congratulate Melat Kiros for her victory last night, and I want to wish her all the best in her future.