we don't do anything in regular order, which means we don't take up good proposals like this.

we have to revisit these things, as well. But, fundamentally, we have to vote.

Hailing from the great State of Connecticut, we are so proud of the advances of the Affordable Care Act.

the increase in costs, that rate is going down.

millions of people have insurance who never had it before.

I think it is worth everybody's reading. And we ought to get back to what this Committee should be doing.

More and more people are getting insurance through the private sector.

millions of people are benefiting from what happened.

what is busted is not ACA, but your attacks on it, endless attacks, never coming up with a single comprehensive alternative in all these years.

I think you love this job and you like being the person who is administering this experiment in greater health coverage.

It is clear that the United States has got to be a player on this stage.

I think the President has articulated the country's position extraordinary well.

Yes, they have signed up for the Affordable Healthcare Act. They have signed up at the level that the subsidy is given to them.

Not one has led to a meaningful proposal that would ensure greater health security for the American people.

If this were an honest discussion, my Republican colleagues would tell you how the individual mandate has balanced risk pools and reduced adverse selection in the health insurance market.

Mandating that everyone must be covered is counter to a free lunch.

The reality is that this Act is working. It is not perfect, as Mr. McDermott said.

The other concern that I am beginning to hear from my constituents is that the penalties are about to ramp up.

We have to end the day of the freeloader, because healthcare costs affect the economy.

Now, while my Republican colleagues have focused on destroying healthcare reform, we have focused on trying to make it work.

Over the past 5 years, the law has been an indisputable success.

Let us all remember that the individual mandate was a bipartisan idea.

I am very disappointed to learn, Mr. Brady, that the Senate, in considering SGR, will vote on an amendment repealing the individual mandate--the only nongermane amendment.

What this hearing is about is scoring political points at the expense of the Affordable Care Act.

I am honored to be here this evening to talk about and to follow two distinguished colleagues from California and Pennsylvania who spoke with great eloquence about the future, who were addressing the issue of student loans and student loan…