Mark's congressional and private experience make him eminently qualified for this position.

I am very interested in kind of a granular understanding of what happens at a particular VA.

Thank you all for volunteering to serve.

I would argue that if we are going to increase our security through that subtle power you speak of in your testimony...

I do not necessarily always agree with economists, but I do in this case think they are probably right when they say that a consumption tax base is more conducive to economic growth.

If we are going to do tax reform, is it just a matter of lowering the corporate rate so it does not profit them to move overseas?

The highly mobile intangibles--Microsoft can move licenses to their Irish subsidiary, and they do not pay a single cent of tax.

If we cannot, because you mentioned earlier that it is so expensive to lower the corporate tax rate--can we get it down to Ireland's? Maybe not.

Some of these high-tech companies have very low effective tax rates. . . . How much lower can you get than zero?

I cannot help but note that we are more prosperous than every country which has a consumption tax.

I think we can all agree upon that, right?

I rise to speak to the repeal and replace effort that is before us, and the challenge has been how to do so. Senator McConnell has recently introduced a bill, and as we pore over it, there is much to like, but quite likely, there will be…

VVA supports the inclusion of urgent care services as a choice for veterans to receive health care.

This would allow him or her to go to that urgent care center which the VA was contracted for a reasonable rate and for the veteran to receive their care there.

under current law, the Medicaid expansion is not really sustainable for states.

The plan which is referring to is essential health benefits. Again, it does not repeal the essential health benefits. So it is still covers maternity, still covers addictions, still covers all the other things that you would expect it to…

I will not decide until I feel like I understand the bill.

No. I'm still working through it. We're about 2/3 of the way through it.

If someone gets off Medicaid on to private that could actually be a good thing.

As you present that, I ask, does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test? Was a child born with congenital heart disease be able to get everything he or she would need in the first year of life? I want it to pass the Jimmy Kimmel test.

There's no lifetime limits. A simply answer, yes, it does. There's no lifetime limits. It does lower the cost of premiums.

I am also here to comment, as Senator Cornyn has, on the state of play, if you will, and the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare. I think sometimes the American people feel like collateral damage as Republicans and Democrats go back and…

one of the things we are debating right now is, What is the future of the Affordable Care Act or, I should say, healthcare in the United States? One thing we can all agree to is that the individual market under the Affordable Care Act--or…

this morning, an unbalanced individual carried out a cowardly attack, not only against Members and staff of this Congress but against democratic institutions. This terrorist--and he is a terrorist--desired to destroy our democratic…

S. 798 would allow eligibility for the Yellow Ribbon Program for surviving spouses and the children of servicemembers who have died in the line of duty.