"We passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010; I would be interested in knowing how many of those hospitals have closed in the last 2 or 3 years because in my State of Kentucky, what we have heard is that..."
"So, let me get you to repeat that. We would be talking about $25,000 per insured in deductibles, $50,000 for a family, and elimination of a substantial amount of the coverage that a policy under the A..."
"And finally, I think it is interesting that several of you said the ACA focused largely on coverage..."
"I thank the chairman. I just want to thank all the witnesses and these discussions have been going on for a long time, in many different forms, and sometimes it gets pretty heated up."
"We had very different views on how to solve that problem, but at least we started from the same place."
"We know the investments in housing, health care, and education help American families build better futures while spurring economic growth for our Nation."
"President Obama inherited the weakest economy since the Great Depression."
"I hope going forward we can agree to start from there."
"To restore the trust of the American people, we must restore what the government does."
"We debate all the time in this committee essentially what the priorities of government should be."
"We Democrats are pushing for investment in infrastructure and investment in education, research and development."
"His plan as Speaker...would reduce the amount of non-discretionary spending in this country to its lowest level."