"the Affordable Care Act is here to stay and it is providing an enormous benefit already to the people of the 20th Congressional District of New York, which I have the good fortune of representing."
"Similarly, many States made the illogical choice of rejecting Medicaid expansion contained in the ACA."
"I'm frustrated, and I think it's fair to say that the American people are frustrated as well."
"I think by and large people want this law to work."
"I would implore my Republican colleagues to reject the politics of division and join with us in finding constructive solutions."
"Under the current law, individual States retain sufficient authority to act independently on behalf of their citizens."
"If we were going to reduce our carbon pollution, we need to deploy more clean energy and boost energy efficiency."
"President Obama realizes this and has offered a modest, balanced plan to reduce greenhouse gases and to rebuild and redesign the modern and resilient infrastructure that we require for the future."
"The Toxic Substances Control Act has not worked well. We have too little information about many of the chemicals we encounter every day."
"Any effort to reform TSCA should protect the hard work States have devoted to protecting their citizens from the risks of dangerous chemicals."
"Our current path of inaction leaves tremendous opportunities for job creation, for social progress, and for economic growth untapped."