Ron Wyden actually said...

"I want to leave this hearing saying that I think we all understand--and you did not mean it that way, of course--that kids deserve the very best."

"With all of the very difficult and complex decisions you have to make about health care in America, surely whether or not to extend CHIP is not one of the hard ones."

"It is vital that the Congress springs into action in the days ahead to reauthorize CHIP's funding."

"I was proud that in the 2009 reauthorization, an amendment I offered to include mandatory dental coverage was included under the CHIP program."