"I think it is fair to say that I wouldn't have any Republican sponsors on the Healthy Americans Act if I had tilted this effort to the public side."
"You won't get much disagreement on that."
"Finding this right niche on the public and private side is going to be key."
"Could I ask one other question, Mr. Chairman? How would you three propose paying for it?"
"Both political parties have been right. Democrats have been right about the idea that you cannot fix this system unless you expand coverage."
"I want you three and the advocates who have come here today to know that we're going to have some advocates at the White House tomorrow prosecuting your case."
"You can't turn it all over to the government. You can't just have a government-run operation."
"How is this rewarding ability and achievement?"
"I believe the American people want you to be brutally honest about the true extent of our economic challenges and confident that the solutions to these challenges are being put in place."
"Mr. Chairman, at what point will the taxpayer no longer be on the hook for the massive AIG failure? What is the end game for American taxpayers?"
"AIG has given the counterparties $20 billion. Those people could be just about anybody in the world. Why won’t the Fed disclose who those are?"
"Mr. Chairman, essentially taxpayers have been kept in the dark on this AIG issue."