"At its optimum efficiency, Congress moves at 10 miles an hour, and we have a world that is moving at 100 miles an hour."
"In my opinion, obviously, rolling back these successes would be shortsighted."
"Millions of dollars would be spent to shut down what most healthcare policy experts consider to be a hugely successful exchange."
"Would you, on behalf of CMS, consider Kentucky's exchange a success?"
"I would say that my constituents' reaction was that, if there were a lot of Styrofoam bricks available, they would have bought as many as they could have afforded."
"This is something that I think is a high priority for Americans, and it is certainly for, I think, the benefit of democracy that people know who they are being influenced by."
"I'm really proud of the experience with ACA in Kentucky. We have led the country in the reduction and in the amount of uninsured."
"Kentucky's CO-OP, as I mentioned before the earlier panel, lost $50 million in its first year."
"Dr. Cohen, is it your understanding that had Congress not capped the payments for the risk corridor program, that Kentucky Health Cooperative would still be open for business?"
"I think I could talk for a long time about the success of the Affordable Care Act in Kentucky."
"I suspect that I should be feeling a sense of schadenfreude here today... but I am not really taking any joy in any of this."
"It is very refreshing to hear my colleagues from the other side defend the Clean Air Act and talk about emissions."