The bills we are discussing today are supposedly the first pieces of the Republicans' elusive plan.

The reason that the ACA is going to have problems here is because you and the President are purposely, in my opinion, making it collapse.

No one has a problem with making improvements to the ACA, but you are not seeking to make improvements.

Don't suggest to me that somehow this is going to collapse because of the bill, because of the ACA.

Republicans have been rooting for the demise of the Affordable Care Act for 7 years, actively trying to sabotage the law.

Since 1965, the Medicaid program has been an invaluable resource to poor families, pregnant women, children, seniors, and now, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, low-income working adults.

There is no reference in this half-baked bill we would assume because it doesn't put it back in that the essential benefit package is impacted.

There are classified aspects of this issue that can't be discussed in a public hearing like this and members deserve the opportunity to be briefed on this high-level information.

I believe that we need more hearings and a deeper analysis of the issue so members can truly understand the challenges and threats facing our grid.

I strongly urge the president to reconsider his decision to sideline DOE from the national security dialog.

They are going to lower taxes for Trump's billionaire friends, and in the committee down the hall, but raise taxes on everyone else.

But I think it is clear today that the Republicans' only game plan right now is to sabotage health coverage for tens of millions of Americans.