I have a few questions for the authors of this bill. What do you have against students? You are imposing an opportunity tax. A young Vermonter who wants to get a certificate in welding, or get a degree from our community college, and gets…

I would be glad to. Just by way of introduction, I thank the ranking member for his leadership. As the gentleman said, the biggest challenge we face in this country--and it is not a Democrat or Republican issue--is that wages have been…

Well, I have another question for the Chair, and I ask it of the leadership. What happened to democracy? We were promised an open process. And there was a model for this. It was President Reagan and Dan Rostenkowski, 4 months of actual…

If every dollar spent on needless regulation is a dollar that can't be spent on rural America.

the real issue here is, frankly, my skepticism that the investments that will be required for 5G will be made in rural areas.

I mean, are we entitled to the same level of services in urban areas or not? That is the question.

But, actually, I loved your testimony, but you are not reassuring me, because I am asking the 'how' question.

I think we need, those of us who represent rural America, some concrete build-out rules that can give us concrete confidence that somehow, some way, the system is going to serve rural America.

My question is was President Trump wrong in accommodating that request in not moving the embassy to Jerusalem?

I think President Trump is showing great energy in the Middle East and with Israel.

I think all of us here are strong supporters of Israel, even if we have some disagreements about particular issues.

What I'd like to do is just lay out some of my concerns and then I have questions for each of you.

the continuity of this system is really important.

how do you have confidence in the program if you're leaving it up to the applicants without review to make that decision?

Energy Star has had 25 years of a fantastic success. It has done a lot since 1992 on a voluntary program, saving consumers and businesses $430 billion on their utility bills and reducing carbon emissions by 3 billion metric tons.

the concerns I have are, number one, it's very disruptive to make a move.

there's a real funding question that is really active because of the policies of the Trump administration.

the funding issue that across the government with the new administration is all in doubt--25 percent cuts pretty much across the board.

The answer to me would be that our committee engages in addressing the waste in healthcare, including high prescription drug costs, rather than take it out of good programs.

Speaking to my chairman, Chairman Walden, I accept your commitment and your leadership on insuring children, but I am speaking to you because I reject the argument that, in order to fund a health insurance program that all of us support…

The issue here about Medicare is one where there is universal support in this body for that program that was passed in 1965 by a bipartisan vote. It is a lifeline for many of our seniors--for all of our seniors. It is a program where…

Europe is going to get the benefit of that lower price and the United States is not. My question to my colleagues--it is not just about the IPAB. It is about let's get real. Let's get real on drug prices. Let's get real on the…

I believe that it has allowed those who believe the policy in Afghanistan is the right direction but it is not necessarily being implemented right.

your office has been the 'just the facts, ma'am' approach to what is happening to taxpayer dollars.

Let me ask one question on that. The last trip I took to Afghanistan, we had some of our Justice Department folks who were there, and they were teaching Afghan Government officials about how to detect corruption.