Maggie Hassan

It seems to me it's always how we do it that's the question, right?

I think we all talk about the need for more infrastructure investment and that it's very, very clear.

My thinking, too, has been that if you do the biennial budget and you get the budget done, then you could use the second year to measure and assess.

You cannot manage a 2-million-person workforce, when you do not get your budget until 6 months into the fiscal year.

I would love your thoughts about whether biennial budgeting would provide the kind of predictability you are looking for.

So are you concerned, Professor, that by slowing down the process for making these kinds of changes, we risk making government responses slower and impeding our ability to appropriately respond to changing circumstances?

In an age of really rapid technological innovation, I believe it's really critical to ensure that government can keep pace and that regulations are effective so entrepreneurs aren't burdened by outdated ones.

The importance of government being nimble as we go through a regulatory framework or partnership.

Just a straight out repeal destabilizes the market.

It is clear that those who want to do away with the ACA have not been able to come up with a plan to replace it as of now.

When we do not have clean water, that costs us enormously, and it particularly costs low-income families.

Thank you very much, and, Congressman, thank you for putting up with a long stretch of questions.

I would ask you to look at peer-reviewed science, not industry-based attempts to mask the science.

You need to know the science in order to allocate the budget effectively.

Medicaid expansion is now under attack from this Administration.

The scientific evidence is clear. Global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society.

I do not believe that shutdown is a strategy. I do not believe that shutdown is desirable.

My federally qualified health centers say they cannot absorb the thousands of women in New Hampshire who use Planned Parenthood.

Republicans Governors like John Kasich, Rick Snyder, and Charlie Baker have been speaking out against block grants and Medicaid cuts.

It really hurts. It hurt our economy, and it hurt a lot of people.

I obviously was not there, but my understanding is that you told him that you agreed the climate is changing, but the science on how much impact humans are having is unsettled.

I hope you will take that back.

It is not an ineffective tool; it hurts people.

I hope very much, at the very least, that he will understand and reflect on your testimony should he become confirmed.

This rush to repeal is so misguided