Michael Burgess actually said...

"But, just to be clear, we have a hard deadline, do we not, in the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of January 1, 2012?"

"You told Ms. Blackburn that no more statutory or legislative interference was necessary, but I would submit to you that perhaps we do need to amend this sacred document to allow clinics more time to a..."

"a central planner, who may be a very benevolent central planner, but a central planner who is pushing data points around on a big spreadsheet in a far-off Washington, D.C."

"ACOs, while perhaps not my individual favorite, may have been a bipartisan approach to bringing down the cost of delivering health care in this country."