I was concerned about several provisions that I believed would decrease individual choice and open the door to government rationing.

I remain gravely concerned about how this demonstration, or test, as the administration calls it, will impact patient access to care.

I defy anybody in this room, any of you, any of us, any farm organization and any commodity group, any CPA, any lawyer, to define what the heck was in those regs.

We know that we must act. Everybody on this committee knows we must act.

All trade agreements are over-criticized. All trade agreements are oversold. But, they are absolutely essential.

It is our committee's commitment to reviewing and finding ways to improve our mental health system.

This demonstration, quote, 'will force Kansas Medicare beneficiaries with serious, sometimes life-threatening conditions to participate in a CMS innovation initiative.'

I agree. This is another case of rationing health care.

This demonstration, quote, 'could affect patients' quality of and access to care.'

It would reduce reimbursements.

ESEA is at its heart a civil rights law with the goal of ensuring that all students receive a quality education.

Congress deliberately required the supplement not supplant requirements to go through the negotiated rulemaking process.