John Dingell

Only clear direction from Congress will strengthen consumer protections, promote competition and give industry the regulatory certainty it needs to innovate in the future.

I hope that the undertaking will be bipartisan in order so that any final product that we complete here moves through the Senate and to the President's desk for signature.

I want to commend you for this hearing. I think this has been an important hearing.

the public interest is still and always going to remain the central concern that we have with regard to the Communications Act.

I wish you Godspeed in this endeavor. And I offer you my support.

I want to commend the members of the committee, the leadership of the committee and the other committees in the House and Senate for the leadership which they gave in this matter and for the vision and for their hard work and for the…

I want to make it very clear that Medicare beneficiaries should not have their benefits reduced or cost increased to pay for the reform of SGR.

It would be a terrible calamity if we don't carry this thing across the finish line.

Compromise is an honorable activity and it is something which will make this institution work.

SGR reform is urgently necessary because without it, the whole problems of Medicare and our taking care of health care in this country in making the Affordable Care Act is going to suffer terribly as will the people.

We must not forget about these critical programs as Congress moves forward with SGR reform.

It is really a shame that we weren't able to put this in because of budget matters without having to address the question of how we are going to pay for it because it solves a problem that was created by some very unwise actions by the…

I want to thank you for your recent response to the letter sent by myself and a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, asking the Commission to complete work on the Safety Evaluation Report for Yucca Mountain.

I have my great doubt that you will be able to do so.

It is always good to see a University of Michigan graduate.

I commend you for the hearing.

Government-sponsored gambling is a public policy that has failed, and it has failed because, one, it has transformed gambling from a private and local activity into the public voice of American government.

Slots are for losers.

Government-sponsored gambling has also failed because it has failed to deliver on its promises to fund education, to lower taxes, to pay for needed public services.

Let us give it a chance. Let us work together.

I don't have an opening statement. I am going to have some fun with my questions.

The Affordable Care Act has not resulted in a drastic decrease in the number of plans available to seniors.

Incentivizing quality patient care over quantity of services provided is key to improving healthcare outcomes and reducing waste and the rising cost of health care.

Despite claims made by some of my colleagues, these reforms have not ruined Medicare Advantage.

Partisan politics have always been at the heart of the Majority's investigation into the Affordable Care Act, but today we have reached a new low.