"Who had the authority? Are you required to follow law as passed by Congress?"
"No kidding. It really did. So who makes that decision?"
"Ultimately the decision was made by the Executive. People do need to hold the White House accountable on this. It is shameful. It should never have occurred."
"Oh, my God. You have described an absolutely staggering, astonishing volume of dollars which the country didn't have."
"But unfortunately, every dollar that we are talking about is going to be borrowed."
"I don't see how it is sustainable, what the Democrats have put us into."
"We are very quickly on the road where we are going to be spending more money, mandatory spending, on the interest payments that we spend on defense of the United States."
"We have burdened them with an untenable amount of debt. And unfortunately, they are the ones who are going to have to pay it."
"One of the things that has come up over and over again in my world is what is happening to--it is one thing to have coverage, but if you have got no one to deliver the care it becomes extremely proble..."
"I cannot afford to see a Medicare patient. That is a tragedy."
"I voted against the No Surprises Act because I was worried about this exact thing."
"I can only draw the conclusion that you didn't look at the data that was available."