03/21/2017
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"I do not understand, Madam Chairman, why Medicare does not say, any hospital or provider that does not publish their data by July 1, 2014, we do not pay anymore."
"I am saddened that our veterans have been forced to wait for the healthcare they need and deserve, so until the VA can solve this problem I, like many other Texas veterans, want to help care for them."
"I am not taking the job to be popular, Senator."
"You have got to be the guy that says no, and it is not--and I think that is an important--the President has to be the one that enforces budget constraint."