I am hopeful and optimistic that we'll be able to pass this popular bill into law this time around.

I think that would be useful to the committee. I certainly would like to have that.

What this really is going to come down to is the quality of the implementation.

Throughout the healthcare debate we were very focused on the community-based care transitions program that is included in the Partnership for Patients.

In this political conversation about government take over of healthcare and death panels and all this other stuff, all people need to do is go to your two institutions to see where we need to head and what it looks like.

Mr. Chairman, I can't thank you enough for including us.

I did want to come by and recognize Katie for coming here and testifying, not just the inconvenience, but the courage to come and testify on behalf of so many people across the State and across the country that have suffered through some…

I support Judge Jackson's nomination and the work of our confirmation and urge confirmation of this impressively experienced candidate to the Federal bench.

the one thing that people could rally behind no matter what town hall meeting they were in was the idea that we ought to break our addiction to foreign oil, especially oil that we imported from the Persian Gulf.

This part of the puzzle is getting a lot of high praise in our State.

As the States begin to set up functioning exchanges, if more than one State wanted to get together and provide that exchange together, would they be able to do that?