"My Texas pride doesn't need to be hurt by that, is what you are telling me."
"It is not complicated if you are an elected member of Congress and all of a sudden Medicare recipients start showing up at their town, town hall."
"It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table."
"Then we should just stiff the Medicare recipients?"
"Well, then the manufacturer doesn't have to give the coupon. If they don't give the coupon to the doctor, the doctor doesn't give it to the patient."
"There's a saying that a lot of us use quite a bit. It's called no good deed goes unpunished."
"I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly."
"It's obvious that, to me, anyway, this program is being abused."
"I helped lead the fight, and a lot of Members on the committee did, to repeal the ban on crude oil exports 3 or 4 years ago."
"I can't tell you how excited I am to have this hearing. It's really exciting for me."
"I would think it's not possible unless you increase the output."