John Dingell: “Mr. Secretary, I note that your budget request for this year is 40 percent less than was requested in 2011 and that the…”

I would suggest that the staff report should be reviewed with the utmost of care and deposited then very carefully in the nearest large wastebasket.

Premiums are below the levels predicted by the Congressional Budget Office, and the agency has once again reiterated that the Affordable Care Act has slowed inflation and saved billions of dollars.

John Dingell was the floor manager. He wrote the preface for this book.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.