I'm willing to support his efforts to make sure that we get this right, and that means potentially expending political capital in ways that I wouldn't normally spend them.

So if that's the case, I guess one of your partners would be the transit union...

However, I guess my concern is, is we need to put it in separate buckets...

We believe that the best approach is to actually start over and do something that actually lowers premiums. We need changes to the underlying bill before we vote on in the House.

There still are not enough votes to pass this particular bill.

I thank the two colleagues opposite for their gracious remarks and understand their reluctance to support it based on their concerns with the underlying bill. I, again, reaffirm my commitment to work in a bipartisan way to make sure that…

I was very clear yesterday. In fact, in ways I was a little bit more blunt than I wanted to be.

What I will not do is have a premeeting that went really well, and then have you...suggest that it's not okay.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 12, line 8, insert after ``action.'' the following: ``OIRA shall maintain a log of each agency…

I appreciate the leadership of the chairman of the full committee on matters of transparency and accountability. I can tell you that there is no one who has a greater definitive desire to make sure that we hold our government accountable…

All we want is to make sure that Ms. Lerner can get her job done and not be stonewalled.

I thank the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands, and, as a gifted orator, and certainly a gifted attorney, I appreciate her compliments. And although not all might agree with her assessment of the reasonable fashion of which I craft…