"I am rather insulted by this House Republican playbook----"
"I want to fist associate myself with the comments of the Ranking Member and several other Members of the committee who, like myself listening to my constituents, am concerned about where things stand ..."
"From my understanding, obviously the HIPAA rules as established set Federal standards to protect individually identifiable health information."
"On October 1st, 2012, the Inspector General's office publicly released a report issuing 49 recommendations on conference oversight, internal controls and spending."
"What is troubling to me is you say all the right things operationally for what is needed--the integration, the sharing of information--but then we have policy that doesn't support that approach."
"I want to commend my colleague, Mr. Payne, for his legislation on the study for the smart grid."
"Our national parks belong to the American people and they should be open, along with every other essential part of the government."
"Well, if Director Jarvis or any of the other public service professionals have failed for having to carry out the shutdown, then what does that say about the Republican Members who caused the shutdown..."
"The blame should not be placed on the National Park Service or the individual park, but clearly on the shoulders of Congress that caused the shutdown in the first place."
"I hope that members on the other side will avoid reckless and, in my opinion, irresponsible assertions that personal information will be compromised under the Affordable Care Act."
"I want to thank our representatives from Nevada, throughout the State of Nevada, for being here on a number of important public lands bills."