The Affordable Health Care Act is well-intended, I believe, but it has had many flaws.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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