"Energy is extremely important to where we are as a Nation right now."
"It seems to me that oftentimes in Congress we go about trying to fix a problem before really stopping to ask what is broken about it."
"I think it is important for us to keep in mind, let's not throw out the system that has brought the best innovation and has led to new cures that have helped so many people here and around the world."
"It is also interesting to me that, you know, while we have H.R. 3 out there, which is, again, an attempt to kind of take over this from a government standpoint, we have another option out there, H.R. ..."
"But as we have seen with the Obamacare and Affordable Care Act, the intentions don't necessarily turn into actual policy."
"Thank you. Appreciate you holding this hearing. This is, certainly, extremely important to the people we all represent and something we know we have needed to deal with for quite some time now, the ex..."
"I share this concern very much, and I'm happy to be helpful to you and the Committee in trying to find ways to advance policies that would achieve a unique patient identifier."
"I think we all acknowledge the difficulties of working in that region, a region where we in America probably have more of a centralized national identity of Afghanistan than those actually living in A..."
"It is a patriotic duty to do this right, efficiently, and to require Lockheed to pay penalties when they don't get it right."
"We have spent $1 trillion in the last five years on this, and at least the estimates that we have here, and it is--you know, that could have gone to a lot of different places."
"It's important for the United States to be at the leadership table."