"The only way such an outrageous breach of fiduciary duty could occur... is for there to be an institutionalized culture that does not understand and take seriously this reality."
"Our Nation's history is littered with dark periods in which it was not living up to the duty it took on toward tribes."
"It is time for us to stop making the same mistakes over and over again."
"It saddens me to say that in 25 hearings none of these things actually happened, and I am afraid that today isn't going to be any different."
"Some of my colleagues have also run misleading and oftentimes outright false advertisements designed to frighten their constituents from signing up on the exchanges."
"I am very proud that congressional Democrats have held more than 400 events in their districts at home in an effort to educate constituencies on the ACA."
"I have called or authorized every one of those many hearings they alluded to, and I am proud we did it."
"I think Republicans and Democrats need to recognize that Medicare and Medicaid have been part of the problem, not just part of the solution."
"The Affordable Health Care Act is well-intended, I believe, but it has had many flaws."
"Unfortunately, I come from a State that did not start its own exchange, Pennsylvania, which I think the failure to do that in Pennsylvania was an abdication of the responsibility of Governor Corbett o..."
"The timing of that announcement, to me, certainly raised questions as to how the Koch brothers influenced that decision in the first place."
"Even more disappointing I want to say is Governor Corbett's decision not immediately to expand Medicaid for the more than 520,000 Pennsylvanians who could be covered."