"Mr. Chairman, thank you for your courtesy."
"I think it would require the American people to be kept in the dark about what is happening to their health and about what is clean air."
"Today's hearing, Mr. Chairman, is yet another unfortunate attempt by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to roll back the Patient's Bill of Rights, which is included in the Affordable Care Ac..."
"The bills before us today would strip historic reforms that protect consumers and it is going to leave us in a situation where the things that we have done to ensure and protect the rights of the Amer..."
"These two bills are a direct and unfortunate assault on the sick, the elderly and the disabled who deserve protection and assurance that they will have the care they need when they are wheeled into an..."
"I urge my colleagues to defeat this legislation, to not let it out of the committee, and to have an honest exposition of the abuses we are attacking."
"Is it true that prior to the Affordable Care Act, MLR standards and/or reporting requirements varied widely from State to State? Yes or no."
"As you know, ACA sets a minimum federal MLR standard."
"Bad piece of legislation. I hope everybody is noting it."
"At a time when everybody is being asked to tighten their belts and find and create efficiencies, asking for an exemption from these pressures, particularly at the expense of consumer pocketbooks, is n..."
"Yes, if they are exempted, it will be, as I said in my testimony, really a gift to the insurance industry because it will give them just one more way that they can meet regulations that they could alr..."
"You just don't get insurance if you have a preexisting condition."