"Now, is it going to be possible for us to move from the Affordable Care Act, with its limitations, to a Medicare for All system?"
"A ridiculous amount of time spent on bureaucracy."
"even Americans who have insurance today are facing spiraling costs, and that a Medicare for All system will enable us to lower drug prices"
"thank you for calling this historic hearing, which is a breakthrough in the national dialogue about healthcare"
"We have a big problem when we have 30 million people uninsured, so it reduces their overall productivity as well."
"They voted dozens of times to try to destroy it and not replace it, but destroy it and leave nothing there."
"The other industrialized countries on earth have arrived at national healthcare plans, the kind that has proven so elusive for us."
"It was a giant step forward."
"They wanted to take that system down."
"A Medicare for All system will liberate small business in America from the obligation of trying to figure out what is the best healthcare plan for their workers."
"We are in a civilizational emergency."