Michelle Lujan Grisham

What is really hard about these hearings is that both sides have a limited amount of time to shoot out their sound bite and these falsisms or truisms do not get us anywhere closer to dealing with real healthcare reform.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for giving me this extra time, and thank you very much for weighing in on what I think is a really critical issue for us to deal with.

So where that takes me is that in areas of significant interest by Congress or the public, there needs to be an additional venue where this original security classification decision can be reconsidered in the light of broader issues.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Congress should ensure that the USSS has sufficient funds to restore staffing to required levels.

Congress approved $165 million less than the combined amount requested by the President for the USSS.

Unfortunately, it's not our first hearing on such matters. I mean, we are talking and dealing with Turing and Valeant and Mylan and Gilead, and seeing a really disturbing pattern where Congress provides a variety of mechanisms to invest in…

The reality here is is that our population wouldn't be as sick as they are in the context in which you are providing care if they were getting care through insurance companies in the first place.

I think the ACA gives you many supports to do this.

I actually really like that idea, and it is an issue because the Affordable Care Act really wanted you to move away from high-risk pools.

I think that the Federal Government and State governments are ill-equipped to deal with insurance companies.

I believe you have an obligation to hold us accountable, to work on strategies that are going to protect those consumers.

I've seen nothing that's been targeted or strategic for those States, and I've seen very little, quite frankly, from the administration about dealing with these issues.

I believe in the fundamental consumer protections unequivocally in the ACA.

I would say that your relationship with our superintendent needs to be reevaluated.

Our responsibility is better served making sure that we do have, in fact, an independent body whose aim it is to bring about truth and justice.

I worry that some of what we did today could be, frankly, interpreted as violating that very standard.

I don't think there's any member in this committee or, quite frankly, any Member in Congress who doesn't both want and expect that the FBI and the Department of Justice to be and to operate in a fair, unbiased, highly independent manner.

I believe that these problems are clearly being caused by the way the State is administering the program...

I have very deep concerns about the integrity of the SNAP program in my State in New Mexico.

SNAP I think is one of the most important policies and programs in this country

The most egregious issue here is that I have vulnerable families that aren't getting the support that they deserve.

I can manage my troops. I can follow orders and directions that are complex, that are critical issue moments in my career and in my life. But I cannot successfully deal with the burden, and neither can any of the business folks involved in…

Thank you for your service to this country and for your interest in the work of this Committee.

Making sure that we are holding Iran accountable, that we are clear about what those accountability issues and measures are