Bill Cassidy

Are there physicians, or prescribers, who have been outliers on the upside--they are not oncologists, they are not pain doctors, so we do not think they have a reason to be prescribing a lot----

How do we know which facilities are bad apples----

My concern is that we hide problems by speaking of a mean.

I have always--since you started I have admired the work you have done and the commitment you have made.

I appreciate the good work you and many of the physicians have done.

President Trump has said in various ways that he does not want people to lose coverage.

You want to incent folks to keep the money within the business.

It does not seem like we have an absence of capital in our society right now.

I appreciate your acknowledgment that pro-growth policies cover a multitude of sins, so, good for you.

I see that M.D. Anderson just laid off 5 percent of their staff.

When we allow her to choose, she has something which is affordable and she becomes a more activated and informed consumer.

I applaud you for looking for some alternative that's affordable.

Will you commit to working with me and this committee to develop new Federal policies that will ensure the early screening for dyslexia in school?

As Secretary of Education, will you commit to working with me and others to find common ways to promote better awareness and understanding of dyslexia?

Twenty percent of us are dyslexics, 20 percent.

Do you intend to mandate, direct, coerce, or control any State, local school district, or school on any education program that is specifically prohibited by the Secretary in Federal law, one such example being Common Core?

As Secretary, will you carry out the implementation of Federal education laws in a way that reflects the very letter and intent of the law?

As Secretary of Education, is it your intention to undermine our Nation's public education system?

May I briefly acknowledge and thank Pastor and Bishop Tenney for being here. Today is his 83rd birthday. As he told me, he has been pushing 80, but now he pulls it. He has blessed many people. He is an anointed man of God whom many others…

I often think of government regulations as being a hurdle put in there by incumbent industry to prevent upstarts like you from gaining traction.

I thought I gathered what you said earlier that a voucher is more successful in expanding housing stock, if you will, the demand-side subsidy, than the supply-side subsidy.

But in San Diego, higher income--again, your property values are so high, you do not have to be a wealthy person to have a house which is valued very highly.

Let me go because I am almost out of time.

But it does seem from what we have learned from San Diego in that comment is that if you are in a really high-value real estate, that you really do need a supply-side subsidy if you are going to make something affordable.

I do not have a solution. I am posing that because that is what we are grappling with.