Lamar Alexander actually said...

"We are dead serious about this and it is a bipartisan approach, and we would like to get results on it."

"We need to find ways to say, 'OK, let's weed the garden, before we do some more.'"

"I would say to Senator Mikulski that I am proud to have been a graduate of Vanderbilt, but I am proud to have been president of the University of Tennessee and it is important that I make that distinc..."

"Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I thank you for putting the spotlight on this disturbing and vitally important part of our American healthcare system."