"I believe that sometimes money is just as potent a rationale as ideology."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank our witnesses for being with us this morning."
"I think that view is too short-sighted."
"I have always felt that waste, fraud, and abuse have no place in Government programming."
"I hope that today's hearing is not intended to undermine Medicaid or to provide a political plug for Paul Ryan's plan for block granting Medicaid and dismantling Federal oversight."
"We must ensure Medicaid remains strong and under Federal oversight and distribution."
"The Obama Administration has not taken any serious actions to prevent inappropriate State leveraging of Federal Medicaid money; rather, the stimulus bill made it more advantageous for States to figure..."
"I want to thank you for your very informative and clarifying information."
"Is there any wonder why the American people have lost faith in the way we do things here?"
"I don't want to leave here, looking back at my tenure in Congress, and say I was involved in one of those moments where we did nothing and it just got worse."
"opponents of health reform legislation have unfairly characterized the Affordable Care Act as resulting in 'an unprecedented expansion of the IRS powers.'"
"Clearly and simply put, an imperial president is using the power of his administration to play politics with seniors' health care."