So I think these are important partnerships that should be embraced and improved to ensure that we are working on environmental enforcement and compliance at all levels of government.

Instead of having a constructive, bipartisan dialogue about helping States innovate and providing options for patients who are struggling to make ends meet, we're here for the second time in as many weeks casting the blame of Obamacare's…

I do hope we will eventually hear from the majority--Democrats--about a hearing on Medicare for all.

I do hope we do hearings on association health plans.

John Dingell taught us all how to be legislators. He was a legend in many respects.

The Democrats' Medicare-for-all proposal would force over 150 million Americans to lose their employer- or their union-sponsored health insurance, and I think that is wrong.

my wheat grower friends that aren't eligible for that are small entrepreneurs. They have got socked with rate increases.

It is my hope the experts at the FCC and DOJ--who as we speak are reviewing this transaction, and its potential impact on the public interest and competition--will continue their analysis in this vein.

The Democrats' Medicare for All proposal would force over 150 million Americans to lose their employer or union sponsored health insurance.

Unfortunately, today's hearing, and these bills are not adequately addressing these goals. Why would our Democratic colleagues be opposed to States innovating on behalf of their citizens?

consumers didn't get a $2,500-per-year reduction in their premiums along the way, right?

We're here for the second time in as many weeks casting the blame of Obamacare's failures on our President.

Why would our Democratic colleagues be opposed to States innovating on behalf of their citizens?

We need to work together to help States stabilize health markets damaged by the ACA, cut out-of-pocket costs...

I enjoyed working with you over the years on this subcommittee.

It is also why I led a bipartisan delegation of this committee down to McAllen, Texas in July to visit and tour part of the Southwest border.

Classifying broadband internet access as telecommunications services that are subject to the provision of Title II of the Communications Act may have far-reaching implications.

I don't know anybody up here that supported the separation policy, certainly not me.

This was your letter from 2010, and I look forward to reaching across the aisle to find a solution here that will give certainty to the market and protection to consumers.

I support keeping families together, and strongly believe that children should not be separated from their parents.

The internet has been the single most important driver of economic growth, job creation, and better quality of life for Americans and people worldwide.

Republicans and Democrats actually agree on these key parameters of a free and open internet.

Heavy-handed, one-size-fits-all regulations hurt small internet service providers like Eastern Oregon Telecom the most.

As a permanent legislative solution, we should make that our goal to produce in good faith what our colleagues have talked about all along.

I spoke out early and forcefully, Mr. Chairman, about the unnecessary effort by Speaker Pelosi to create yet a separate select committee which lacks any legislative authority.