Charles Boustany

I personally am very skeptical that we'll get to a deal with Iran based on all the reading and studying and briefings I've had.

We are all over this issue, and we're going to--we're focused on making sure that whatever the final agreement looks like, has to have very strong protections in it.

I think that's important, and I'm glad to hear you say that crude exports are something we need to consider in addition to expediting LNG exports.

If public funds are used, all conflicts of interest need to be put on the table in a very transparent way

This is one of the [inaudible] we have right now at the Federal level where you have Federal agencies that are really not very accountable to each and every one of us.

I've always talked about how important it is to preserve the doctor-patient relationship, make a doctor-patient relationship for every single American that's affordable and meets a high quality of care, including single mothers and those…

I warned our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the Democratic side of the aisle, that what they were proposing was going to run up costs, restrict options within the insurance arena by forcing consolidation, and it was going to…

If we were to export, many have said that we would start to see equilibration.

I want to thank the chairman for calling--holding this hearing.

I think both Chairman Boustany and Mr. Doggett emphasized the importance of creating an environment of innovation.

We need better performance indicators, and performance indicators that will drive collections for the hardest-to-serve children.

We owe it to the taxpayer and we owe it to those who are most in need.

We have a moral imperative to look at the facts, and to really start to make, you know, heads or tails--to make sense out of these programs.

I think there is a lot of room for bipartisan agreement here.

I want to mention that yesterday Representative Dave Reichert and I introduced the Home Visiting Extension Act of 2015.

We have a widening gap of inequality in this country, and we need policies to address it.

I cannot be more emphatic that it is not about simply that.

It is my intent as Chairman of the Subcommittee to not leave anybody behind in this.

But before we try to address these problems, we need to make sure we fully understand them.

With poverty rates stuck at historically high levels and far too many unable to find work, we need to make sure we're doing all we can to help people get ahead.

Even though this is technically the sixth year of the current 'recovery,' far too many Americans are struggling to get ahead in today's economy.

I would like a detailed summary of where we are with this.

Well, it empowers their reformers.

This has to be a top priority.

The unemployment system is on sounder financial footing going forward.