"I believe these are essential features that we're going to have to exercise to hold down health care costs."
"This bill would only help one group, foreign workers."
"I would encourage my colleagues--well, I found out more information in my one phone call to North Carolina than I think your report did."
"What actions would you like to see Congress, the Department of Defense, and/or Veterans Affairs do with regard to the exposures you are faced with and others have been faced with at Camp Lejeune?"
"Why was NRC not asked to review a broader set of risks?"
"As you know, I have introduced legislation that would explicitly authorize the VA to care for veterans and family members that show illnesses that might be the result of their time at Camp Lejeune."
"Providing health care to veterans and their families would be one step toward meeting our moral obligation to those who have put more at risk."
"Why would we rather wait to see if I pass legislation versus initiate the authority of the Secretary to create through that general authority the coverage for individuals that we fear might have a con..."
"It is simply not right for us to continue to tell our veterans and their families to just wait for another study."
"I want to thank you for calling what I think is an extremely important hearing."
"I would only point this out that--I think this is at the root of part of the misunderstanding, was it or wasn't it?"