"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And let me begin by thanking you for your extraordinary leadership all these years on this committee."
"CMS recently implemented a final rule that changed payments for speech generating devices (SGDs) so that Medicare beneficiaries no longer have the option to purchase them, but instead must rent them."
"I am a strong supporter of high-performing public schools."
"The country should know. Because it is billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars, and we are, like, throwing nickels and dimes at it."
"Not what you can do, but what the country needs. It is two different things."
"It is a 17-percent decrease from last year's budget. It is woefully inadequate."
"We can't find enough money to dredge the shipping channel that supports this private investment."
"Continuing to grossly underfund water infrastructure projects in this Nation is counter to economic development and the creation of high-paying middle-class jobs."
"The charter community, which is $1 billion with 1 million kids on the waiting list, is turning around, in our State, the lowest performing schools, taking them from the lowest to the highest. It is a ..."
"I think he raises an excellent point. And I understand the constraints, you know, Secretary Darcy, that you are under."
"We need to change our policies, we need to provide additional resources."