One of my physician colleagues used to tell me that he never operated on a Democrat patient or a Republican patient, he operated on a patient.

Any reform or improvement that I would envision for any portion of the Affordable Care Act would be one that would include an opportunity for individuals to gain coverage, the kind of coverage, again, that they want, the highest-quality…

And I believe it is a part of health care and health coverage, and it ought to be a priority.

I am a strong supporter of innovation, and I think one of the roles that we as policymakers have is to incentivize innovation.

Our commitment is to make certain that every single American has access to the highest-quality coverage and care possible.

Nobody ought to be priced out of the market for having a bad diagnosis. Nobody.

If I am confirmed, the responsibility that we will have is to enforce the law of the land, and we will do so.

I commit to you that we will not abandon individuals with preexisting illness or disease.

That is changing the way that American medicine is practiced by folks making decisions here in Washington as opposed to patients and families and doctors making those decisions.

I think the CHIP program, with policymakers, has to be looked at, and I believe it ought to be extended.

It is not a Republican system, it is not a Democrat system, it is a system where hopefully we are focusing on the patients.