"If you want to add, Professor Dellinger."
"The idea that the Federal Government could, through Medicaid, drive the single largest share of every State budget seems very inconsistent with the objective of our federal system of Government."
"We agree on the issue of it is constitutional, we move forward; and if it is not constitutional, we start over again."
"The Florida judge who ruled on the constitutionality of the new health law this Monday compared the Government's arguments to Alice in Wonderland."
"If Congress passes a law that is beyond the constitutional power to enact no matter how popular or desirable the provisions of that law are for some people, the courts have an obligation to strike it ..."
"Congress has never before passed a law that requires people who are not already engaged in an activity, commercial or otherwise, to affirmatively purchase a product or service."
"Professor Fried, you have made very clear that you are convinced that there is no doubt that the mandate in the health law is constitutional."
"Obviously, I thank you for holding this hearing. It is important to study the relationship between bankruptcies and foreclosures and whether there is, in fact, a need for change in the Bankruptcy Code..."
"The Nation is experiencing some difficult times. Our fellow citizens are hurting, and we must get the economy moving in the right direction."
"One of the concerns with the loan modification program being run by bankruptcy courts is that judges, directly or indirectly, might force lenders to cram down home mortgages."
"I think it is legitimate, as we have done already, to raise the question--we have HAMP--whether or not that should not be fixed before we look at something else."