Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Congress should take steps now to prevent the total collapse of the health insurance market by: No. 1, funding cost share reduction payments; two, creating a short-term reinsurance program; and three,..."

"My request to this committee this morning is that you do two things: first, that you move quickly to stabilize the individual insurance marketplace; then second, that you would undertake a serious eff..."

"I am hopeful that maybe some combination of continuing cost sharing for a period of time... might provide a basis for action we could take this month."

"I hope we can begin to spend most of our time on the larger issue of healthcare costs."