Eliot Engel actually said...

"Even if a program gets off to a rocky start, it does not mean that we need to jump to conclusions about its long-term success."

"I hope that I can see these same colleagues starting to champion the Medicaid expansion in their home States."

"I think there are numerous benefits to this law, and I want to see the American people utilize this law, because I happen to think it is a good law."

"The purpose of the legislation before us today is to fill those gaps."