"I know I always appreciate having a chance to go to committees and talk about my constituents’ priorities."
"Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would do well to stop patting themselves on the back for and take credit for voters putting them in the majority rather than the cartographers and map dra..."
"With the Budget Control Act of 2011 and sequestration, we continue to see dramatic cuts in nondefense discretionary spending, dramatic cuts."
"Under the current caps on annual appropriations, Federal investment in infrastructure, R&D, education and training, will soon be smaller relative to GDP than at any time in the last 50 years."
"Please spare us the political advice."
"And would not you say that generally taking a balanced approach which is what Democrats have promoted over the last 8 years to responsible spending cuts and generating revenue is the most responsible ..."
"Legislators choose their voters."
"I wonder if it would surprise you to learn that 28 percent more Tennesseans gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act, that is 266,000 people in Tennessee who now have coverage which is a far sigh..."
"At the end of the day, the majority is clearly proposing to repeal the Affordable Care Act without assuring us that we would have universal access to quality affordable coverage. That is unconscionabl..."
"I think our constituents deserve better than to have their health coverage taken away with no plan for what comes next."
"The majority of people who already had coverage before the Affordable Care Act will be significantly harmed by repeal."