"Certainly, better alignment of Medicare and Medicaid is needed."
"The old Willie Sutton law, you rob banks because that is where the money is, clearly it should apply here."
"the last thing we want is more of what you have got because we haven't got any more to give to pay for what you have got."
"You need one person to be accountable. I am sorry, I am old school. I am a doctor."
"Only about half of it is accurate but the part that is, is so accurate that I think it is worth sharing with our colleagues and the general public."
"Last year's events in Michigan and California were tragic reminders that safely upkeeping our nation's energy infrastructure is an ongoing process, and we must be diligent in protecting the lives of t..."
"What is hard to understand is how the administration wants to continue to be anti-employer and, at the same time, be pro-jobs."
"I understand the use of regulations to ensure safety and to promote the predictability of the market, but you must know that, every day, people come to Washington to tell their Congressman or -woman t..."
"this is the only plan put out there for dealing with the cost increases in the Medicare program over time."
"a central planner who is pushing data points around on a big spreadsheet in a far-off Washington, D.C., is going to be able to tell me where to get my care."
"this was the result of an error that escaped the EPA's notice for 18 years."
"Texas was the only State singled for that. In the Wall Street Journal article that I will submit for the record, they call it 'pure political revenge, an effort intimidate other States from joining Te..."