Elizabeth Warren

I just want to say how delighted I am. I am the newest member of this committee and looking forward to serving with you as chair and with our Ranking Member and doing the hard work that this committee should be doing.

And you better believe every senator who voted to put Jeff Sessions radical hatred into the Justice Department will hear from all of us too.

If Jeff Sessions makes even the tiniest attempt to bring his racism, sexism and bigotry into the Justice Department, he'll hear from all of us.

If Jeff Sessions turns a blind eye while Donald Trump violates the Constitution or breaks the law, he'll hear from all of us.

There is no Rule 19 to silence me from talking about Jeff Sessions anymore. So let me say loudly and clearly, this is just the beginning.

This is an emergency. And I sincerely hope that the politicians who are creating this emergency will come to their senses before millions of Americans are hurt.

President Trump is creating chaos, and sabotage, and his own special baked up emergency here.

President Trump and the Republicans have said they are going to repeal the Affordable Care Act within weeks, but so far, President Trump has not produced any plan for helping millions of Americans who will lose their coverage the day the…

We will not be divided by hate and fear.

Have you called to overturn President Trump's offensive and unconstitutional order? Have you asked Republicans to introduce a bill --

I suggested yesterday to Congressman Price that if he is confirmed to be the head of HHS, that he cut out the statement of Donald Trump, 'I will not cut Medicare or Medicaid,' and tape it above his desk and look at it every single day.

That's the face of Medicaid.

If Medicaid hadn't been available to you--if there had been a trillion dollar cut to Medicaid, what would have happened to you and your husband?

Where else is it we so much need to spend $449 billion that you can spend more out of pocket so that money can go somewhere else--like tax cuts for rich people.

When Congressman Price proposes cutting $449 billion out of the Medicare system, I just want to ask, that's going to put more out-of-pocket costs on you. Does that sound fair to you?

He's already proposed $449 billion in cuts to Medicare and over $1 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program.

I asked him about the cuts that he has proposed to Medicare and Medicaid.

In short, the hiring decisions that President-elect Trump is making tell us about the values of the incoming Trump Administration.

The decisions that he makes will have tremendous consequences on the lives of everyone in this country.

I believe Senator Murkowski went over by 2 minutes.

I supported this change because the research shows that it really means you get better care at lower prices.

I understand why you think you're right to cut it. I'm just asking the question, did you propose to cut more than $1 trillion out of Medicaid over the next 10 years?

I believe firmly that, especially as the President-elect tries to blur lines around conflicts of interest, it is critical we not only do everything in our power to hold him to high standards.

As Senator Sanders has quoted extensively, President-elect Trump said I am not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.

Luckily they heard loud and clear from people across the country it wasn't acceptable, and they backed down.