Frank Pallone actually said...

"to me the biggest scandal, if you will, in this whole system is the spend-down provision."

"The vast network of transmission pipelines in this country are essentially 'out of sight, out of mind' for most Americans."

"Well, see that seems to me to make the most sense if we are talking about a public program, extension of Medicare or something else after that 2 years, because otherwise from what I see on the market ..."

"I appreciate what you are saying, but I hear it so often and it just galls me to think that we have set up a system where people are encouraged to basically get around it."