this process that they have undertaken and that we've all been participating in stands in marked contrast, dramatic contrast to not just what's been done more recently.

We have got to make sure that we are holding them accountable.

We appreciate you and the ranking member having this hearing and a number of hearings on the broad issue of tax reform.

I wanted to start with a commendation of this process, to commend both the Chairman and the Ranking Member.

I do not understand the opposition to those, but I just want to state them again for the record.

Infant care costs exceed the average cost of in-State college tuition.

I want to focus on something that we do not talk about enough.

I want to start with the value of the SNAP program in a State like Pennsylvania, a big, diverse State with a lot of economic challenges.

Now is the time for this Congress to come together.

I remain unalterably opposed to any attempt to do what they tried to do in those bills.

I get calls and letters pretty much every day from Ohioans who are struggling to afford their medicines and their premiums.

I rise today to speak for just a few minutes about the Dreamers in our country, the young people about whom we have had a debate recently and will continue to debate about with regard to the so-called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…

We are particularly grateful.

Thank you very much. I want to thank the ranking member for his leadership on this issue over many years.

we need your voice, we need your expertise, your advocacy, to inject a sense of urgency into a place where urgency is often not the order of the day.

The CHIP program has provided these services for little or no cost. CHIP is a tremendous value.

I want to reiterate our thanks to you and Ranking Member Murray for these bipartisan hearings.

The one part about this discussion today that is encouraging... is that there is consensus about the need to make the cost sharing payments.

Failing to make payments for cost-sharing reductions does not serve any goal aside from trying to make markets fail.

I'd be lying if I said these numbers didn't worry me, especially as we prepare to finalize rates.

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If the Trump administration is not going to do the right thing for consumers and stabilize the law, Congress should allocate funds to ensure payments for cost-sharing reductions continue for 2018.

I am very happy that our insurers are finally seeing improved experience with this market and that is reflected in the rate increases they filed.

Our market saw some issues last year and lost two carriers, but I worked closely with our remaining insurers to ensure that we did not have any bare counties for 2017.

I believe we need to buildupon the foundation of the health care system we have and make targeted, common sense changes that will improve the ACA.