Fred Upton

The American people deserve answers as well as the peace of mind that promises will be kept.

Today's hearing is about fairness for the American people who are losing their coverage or seeing their premiums skyrocket as high as 400 percent.

Americans are scared and frustrated, and this situation should rise above politics.

Sadly, here we are now 5 weeks into enrollment, and the news seems to get worse by the day.

Either those officials did not know how bad the situation was, or they did not disclose it.

Over the months leading up to October 1 launch, the Secretary and her colleagues at HHS repeatedly looked us in the eye and testified that everything was on track.

When the work underground stops, everything above pays the price.

Coal should continue to provide this Nation its tremendous benefits. It is a critical and important part of this Nation's future.

You know, when the work underground stops, everyone above pays the price.

The Republicans should stop their obstructionism, commit to working with Democrats as we did with you on Medicare Part D to fix any provisions that need to be fixed.

Let's work together on both sides of the aisle to improve this program and not play gotcha politics.

How can the administration punish innocent Americans by forcing them to buy from a system that does not work and whose rollout has been nothing short of a disaster?

This is more than a Web site problem, and, frankly, the Web site should have been the easy part.

The President promised Americans that they could keep their health plans if they liked them no matter what.

This is not about blame; it is about accountability, transparency and fairness to the American public.

I have no further requests for time on our side, so I'm ready to close.

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Dr. Murphy, the chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

At this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts), the chairman of the Health Subcommittee.

Many businesses have frozen hiring altogether to avoid the law's costly mandates.

The broken promises have reached near epidemic proportions.

It has been a rocky three and a half years to date.

Hardly a day goes by without workers losing the coverage the president promised they could keep.

We are now less than two weeks away from when the health law's enrollment officially kicks off.

I would also note that Keystone XL will be the safest pipeline in the nation, with 57 new safety controls specific to this project.

President Obama's State Department estimates the $7 billion, private investment, shovel-ready Keystone XL infrastructure project will support over 42,000 jobs during the construction phase alone.