most of the cost is borne by the American taxpayer, wherever that taxpayer happens to live, because clearly we've seen, in the case of Hurricane Katrina, almost half of the economic loss of that hurricane was borne by the Federal…

I hope that we can pursue the most economically prudent model.

We supported legislation introduced by Senator Bill Nelson of Florida aimed at curbing the use of deceptive advertising practices.

We limit the amount of advertising, but we don't regulate the content. Is it time to revisit this issue?

I'm grateful for your hospitality, Mr. Chairman, thank you. Your generosity. You're very kind.

the practices going on in America today among health insurance are the most anticompetitive that we have.

For too long, too many healthcare decisions have been made behind closed doors, with industry profits--not the patient's best interests--in mind.

Government is here for a reason. And if you let insurance companies self-regulate, God help us all.

that's one of the most important things that we can be discussing right now, because there's a lot of anticompetition in the healthcare marketplace.

The Justice Department has been utterly lax over the last 8 years.

I'm very proud, Mr. Chairman, of what the Committee did on that.