If you want to know which of five programs or which of five different allocations across programs are going to yield the greatest benefit and you have no data and no insights, it's very hard to make policy choices on a rational, as opposed to a political, or other gut bases.
Thune emphasizes the need for data in making informed policy decisions.
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The Democrats’ proposal is just more of the same, masking rising premiums and padding insurance companies’ profits with more taxpayer dollars.
I have promised to hold a vote in December on a plan to extend the Obamacare subsidies that help millions of Americans afford health care.
When they’re willing to produce the votes to open up the government, we’re going to talk.
Notification of Congress in advance of really critical and hypersensitive missions, to me, seems ill-advised anyway.
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