Pat Roberts

You have a very impressive record with regard to Medicaid.

Congratulations on your nomination, Ms. Verma.

I think we need to see a rescue team to make sure that that bridge is still there, but build new bridges.

I must tell you that, in the rural health care delivery system, in talking to many of my hospital administrators and the rural providers--you are in charge of CMS--the term used a lot in the past has been 'it is a mess.' I know you are…

I must say, Mr. Chairman, that I am impressed with your statement. I know that we have had several Senators talk about unraveling Obamacare.

If we take that conversation away and Republicans stop going down the path of repealing Obamacare, then I think all of us are interested in a conversation.

I have heard from so many families in my State who come up to me with tears in their eyes about a wide range of issues facing our Nation.

I think the individual market is a challenge. It always has been.

What I feel like is there is a lot of instability because of the reconciliation rush to repeal.

The ACA actually provided a way for millions of people to purchase insurance.

I really appreciate what my Democratic colleagues have brought forward and the consequences, the real consequences of either tinkering or moving on without really thinking about what we are doing.

the law is not working.

Mr. Mnuchin, if you are confirmed, will you pledge to work with this committee to implement systems, controls, and procedures to make sure the tax collection agency of the Federal Government can never again be used as a weapon against any…

No officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the Secretary, shall attempt to influence, condition, incentivize, or coerce State adoption of the Common Core State Standards.

You represent the collective conscience of the American people as you oversee and scrutinize these activities.

It is work that keeps you up at night, but it is work that needs to be done to ensure that our intelligence professionals have the guidance and the resources that they need.

As one of this committee's former chairmen, I fully appreciate the awesome responsibility that comes with sitting on this dais.

Service on the Intelligence Committee takes and must take place largely behind closed doors and without fanfare.

I think this is a subject area where if it is not the number one issue, that is why a lot of folks that I represent feel ruled and not governed, and they get really upset.

This Committee passed the first forestry bill in 13 years that gets into management reform.

Let me say, with regards to those proposed cuts not in this room, not on my watch, not on the watch of many of us here on the Committee.

As I mentioned in my opening statement, in a recent announcement, FDA stated that lab tests marketed as screening tools for ovarian cancer were not supported by definitive evidence.

It was not the farmer, the rancher, the producer or the commercial end user that caused the great financial crisis of 2008, yet they are paying the price.

That goes into your bank. That is certainly within the boundaries of the distinguished Senator.

It is essential that the CFTC have individuals in charge that truly take that mission statement to heart.