"Yes. So there is not any defense of Medicare fee-for-service anymore. We are working away from it, so there is no defense for it."
"Why are we splitting up these two groups? These are two groups of similarly situated individuals."
"When something has been tried and found not to work, we should try different approaches rather than re-enacting that which has not done the job."
"The assault weapons ban did not prevent the earlier school shooting at Columbine."
"Will you prosecute individuals who use marijuana in Colorado and possess firearms and ammunition as a violation of Section 922? Why or why not?"
"We do not want anything like this to happen again. We are determined to take effective constitutional action to prevent future catastrophes."
"I respect Senator Feinstein's views on this issue. I know that your views are very sincere, and the interest that you have in banning assault weapons is a very consistent position you have taken over ..."
"As we move forward, we have to discuss spending. So I am trying to promote a thoughtful conversation that focuses upon where our Federal spending most calls for containment."
"with just one or two percent of the people producing most of the food in this country, there is not as much understanding of agriculture"
"Do not let people get away with saying that 40 percent of our corn crop goes for ethanol..."
"Some of this improvement, where we did not have quite the reduction in production as we thought we would have. It, of course, is due to better practices and modern technology."