I think it is wise for Congress to check on their progress now.

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.

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 on behalf of Pennsylvania's citizens.

I believe you need to set a high bar that truly protects our environment and requires full disclosure about what is going into the ground, and potentially into our water supply.

It is time for us to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.

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.

I think Republicans and Democrats need to recognize that Medicare and Medicaid have been part of the problem, not just part of the solution.

I have called or authorized every one of those many hearings they alluded to, and I am proud we did it.

It is unconscionable to me. It is time to quit playing politics, as Ranking Member Cummings has pointed out, with people's lives, with people's health.

Settlement funds are not appropriations, nor are they hand-outs.