"I just really find offensive the selective criticisms."
"I am more than willing to roll up my sleeves with you and with HHS to figure out the ways that we can achieve needed savings in our health care spending."
"The Republican proposal to turn Medicaid into a block grant would result in dramatically decreased federal contribution to State Medicaid programs, a cut of more than $810 billion over the next decade..."
"I think this is a powerful example of why the Republican budget is so misguided. It is pennywise and pound very foolish, making cuts that would result in increased Medicare and Medicaid fraud and cost..."
"I want to reiterate that the Senate has passed the Transportation Bill that has a number of key safety provisions that will keep consumers safe, including children."
"Auto safety should be a bipartisan issue."
"I worked closely with Representative Peter King to enact the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act."
"I can't understand why there is any excuse for rental companies to loan out cars to individuals without making the necessary repairs which manufacturers usually provide for free."
"Hon. Janice D. Schakowsky, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."
"I strongly support the development of drugs to enhance therapeutic options for patients with rare diseases."
"I want to make sure we maximize drug safety efforts and that we do not encourage expedited FDA approval if doing so would jeopardize that goal."
"I both understand and support that goal, but I also want to ensure that in seeking to accelerate drug approval that we do not expose patients to unnecessary and unacceptable risks."