This policy will reward people for making responsible decisions.

Good policy that will stand the test of time requires hard work. It requires compromise.

I don't want lifetime caps. I care pretty deeply about older people and younger people, including infants, very personal place.

I had the honor of chairing this subcommittee for 6 years and still care deeply about the issues under its jurisdiction.

While I know our focus today is on insurance reforms, we are also working in other areas of health care to bring relief to patients.

Representative Bucshon to modify age rating restrictions and bring younger healthier individuals into the insurance market.

I am confident that we can continue to advance bills through an open and inclusive process to protect and empower patients.

We laid out a step-by-step plan to prioritize access to quality affordable health care, not just insurance.

Representative Flores and Representative Blackburn have authored legislation intended to end gaming of health insurance rules.

I hope that they will finally actually work with us to make health care more affordable and more accessible.

I know in conversation I had with Governor, I think it is Governor Herbert from Utah talked about trying to be able to communicate with Medicaid patients in Utah by email.

We share a common goal of making sure that those most in need of medical services in our communities get better quality affordable care.

Unfortunately, cyber threats in this sector are unavoidable and growing.

One of the humbling responsibilities for members of the Energy and Commerce Committee is to fully appreciate the power we have to make policy changes that can have enormous and positive impacts on American consumers for decades to come.

By any measure, the reliable supply of electricity is an essential part of almost everything we do, and its loss—even for short periods—can have expensive and life threatening consequences.

Let there be no mistaking our intention. We will modernize America's health care laws by putting what is best for the patient as our top priority.

The days of putting overbearing, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats and their tens of thousands of pages of regulations first are over.

Individuals and families served by Medicaid are not just program enrollees, they are our neighbors. They are our friends.

All of us here today agree that Medicaid is an essential program for the population that it serves.

We can't shy away from asking the tough questions.

If there are specific items related to data, please get those to us.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to the first E&C hearing of the 115th Congress.

We need to ensure that eligible beneficiaries of the program have access to high quality care, while being good stewards of hardearned taxpayer dollars.

I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on the Energy and Commerce Committee and our new chair of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Mrs. Blackburn, and the new ranking member on the committee, Mr. Doyle. I believe…

I want to thank the new subcommittee chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. I know our country is in good hands and our committee is as well with Mrs. Blackburn chairing that important subcommittee. I want to thank…