"we understand that most of the health care bill in this country goes for chronic disease, well over half of it"
"We cannot avoid Chinese industrial policy affecting the U.S. economy."
"when a witness says that they support the efforts along the lines of what Senator Grassley and I are talking about to expand access to this Medicare data, and they want to promote a transition beyond ..."
"A decision not to intervene is a decision. A decision not to pick winners and losers is a decision to pick a loser."
"I think it has been a good hearing, Mr. Chairman, and I think we have sort of had a wakeup call for just how tough this is going to be to actually write a bill."
"In an economy with fewer jobs than job-seekers, would it not make sense to give the States more credit for moving a public assistance recipient into a job rather than simply moving them off the rolls?"
"I think the focus that you and the staff have been putting on poverty and particularly the opportunities to address these anti-poverty issues in a fresh and creative way makes a lot of sense, and I ve..."
"I think this has been an excellent hearing, and I appreciate the way you are doing it."
"What we have been pointing to is the VA--for the sickest people... saving upwards of 20 percent on that population by caring for them at home."
"I think, for example, that real behavioral change, particularly in this program with 50 million people that a lot of us see as sacred ground."
"I mean, you all have appropriately characterized what we are dealing with in America as largely a sick care system."