"However, Medicaid is the lifeline of nearly 72 million children, elderly, and low-income individuals depend on for health coverage."
"And I will never support a proposal that would take that coverage away."
"Mr. Pitts, do you think it is appropriate for millionaires or multimillionaires to be receiving Medicaid while at the same time there are disabled children on the waiting lists for home and community-..."
"Can you explain how it is that Medicaid policy permits million or multimillion dollar lottery winners to retain Medicaid coverage when they can clearly afford to purchase their own health insurance?"
"Today's legislative hearing will consider a bipartisan bill authored by distinguished members of this subcommittee Vice Chairman Guthrie and Mr. Cardenas, along with Representatives Mullin and Sinema."
"This bill would allow the States to continue defining the small group health insurance market as employers with 1 to 50 employees."
"Unless this current law is reversed, the disruption in the marketplace will be significant."
"If Congress passes H.R. 1624, premiums will be lower and millions of employees and employers by letting them keep the plan they have and like."
"This is a common-sense policy that deserves our bipartisan support."
"Abortion supporters cloak their support for abortion under the guise of women's right to choose."
"How ironic that pro-choice advocates oppose letting unborn babies choose life."
"Modern medicine treats the unborn child as a patient."