The President's jobs bill has a surprising number in it for rebuilding our infrastructure. Most Americans would be surprised that that number is only $27 billion. Divide that between States, and you barely have enough to put some tar and…

I mean why window shop when you can't afford, but in our push to make sure that drugs are affordable, are we also tripping over ourselves?

We can't afford to engage in any of that on these lifesaving issues.

Who was it that made the decision that this act passed into law by the Federal Government was going to not be adhered to? Who made that decision?

So you are saying you had oversight but you were not aware of a memo saying this company didn't have the money to keep going?

What do we go back and tell our constituents who have to work hard with so many people in this country in poverty?

I really want you to stop throwing everybody else under the bus. I hear you throwing all your staff under the bus. I want to know. You're in charge.

This is an incredible organization you work for. No one in the Federal Government is responsible for half a billion dollars of taxpayers' money.

I want to know. You're in charge. You've handled loans of this size and now you're saying it's everybody else's fault but you.

For me and my constituents, the issue is not a political football that we should toss around in Washington. This is real and it is a matter of life and death.

Instead of appealing to America's greatest aspirations, hopes, and dreams, there are those who are appealing to our basest character, using fear and envy and greed to prey upon those we are supposed to lead. We can no longer sow the seeds…

I thank the gentleman from Nebraska. That line through Canada, less than 800 miles long, to add an additional almost 10,000 miles to go through the Panama Canal to Shanghai doesn't make economic sense. And let's keep in mind, Canada is our…

Thank you, Dr. Gingrey. I want to talk for about 5 minutes here on an issue that you brought up, Dr. Gingrey, about the $575 billion from the Medicare program that also cuts $135 billion from Medicare Advantage plans, forcing over 7…

Let us not forget Americans are saying, grow more jobs to grow more taxpayers, not finding ways of increasing taxes.

I tend to think that is an insult to job makers and workers, too, but thank you very much.

This bill leads to 1.2 million jobs annually.

Let us keep in mind that one way to balance America's budget, one very important way to deal with America's debt is to grow jobs.

Instead of sending $129 billion a year to OPEC for foreign aid to buy their oil, let us drill and use our own.

I certainly encourage all members of this and other committees in Congress to spend some time touring offices and factories and farms.

I get real tired of this Republican-Democrat battle. I just want to talk about patients here.

While deliberations continue on dealing with our $14.3 trillion debt and while deliberations continue on raising the debt ceiling, Americans are very concerned about where we're going. June unemployment at 9.2 percent and a growth of only…

And I am hoping that one of the outcomes of this hearing, Mr. Chairman, is that we hear from cases throughout the country.

I think the more I hear, the more it boggles the mind and breaks the heart when we hear of what happens to seniors.

Only in Washington can someone who wants to send money back to the Federal Government be ignored.

The current MSP system, which we are investigating today, discourages and even prevents companies from settling claims involving Medicare beneficiaries.