Without congressional action to extend CHIP beyond September 30th, states will soon exhaust their CHIP funds.

We either get there for kids like Caleb and ensure that they can afford medications...

I hope at some point you are able to consider the recommendation of MACPAC and other organizations of reauthorizing and funding the program for at least 5 years.

But without congressional action soon--as Senator Wyden clearly explained--States will be forced to start preparations to shut these programs down.

CHIP has reduced the number of uninsured children by more than 50% while improving health outcomes and access to care.

It is millions of acres untreated and we're out $1 billion over a 10-year period.

The system of fighting fire in this country is a broken, dysfunctional mess.

the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land whether the President likes it or not, and you are committed to seeing that it is carried out.

the law on the books tells the administration to make cost sharing payments that help keep down the cost of health insurance for millions of Americans.

The President, as I just said, called again for the Affordable Care Act to fail.

the President and his team are determined to undermine the law.

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, recently said that wildfires change landscapes so dramatically that communities affected by them are at a significantly higher risk of flooding.

If confirmed, I commit to fully brief the members of the Finance Committee and their staffs on the softwood lumber case.

Members of the committee, certainly myself, are deeply concerned with making sure the Department of Health and Human Services fulfills its obligations to the public by enforcing the Affordable Care Act.

Senator Crapo and I noted at June's trade agenda hearing, this committee must be consulted every step of the way.

the markets will go into a tailspin.

Consultation is not giving us something 5 minutes before something is going to happen.

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It's not the role of the legislator.

That is a really clever argument for the United States Senate Finance Committee to move quickly.

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. It is the administration's job to faithfully execute that law.

I have been clear that meaningful consultations with the Congress and communications with the public are essential.

Real consultation is not telling us 5 minutes before something is going to happen.