Maria Cantwell

I want to have more people in trade enforcement than are sitting on this dais, and right now we do not have a lot.

I hope you will be loud about this, the credit agency strategy, because to me we will lose U.S. manufacturing without it.

We have to live up to that responsibility. I hope you will be able to convince those at OMB and the White House that is what trust responsibility actually means.

I think you will find many people unified here on the Committee on what we should do on fire.

We want many resources and information.

I wanted to get your thoughts on the cross-ownership issue of TV stations, radio stations, owning newspapers in the same markets.

I'm looking at your record, and this is why I'm concerned, because in March 2013, you voiced support for pursuing a resolution of disapproval against the FCC's media ownership rule and urged further consolidation.

We should be figuring out ways to leverage these kinds of existing infrastructure to extend broadband into unserved areas.

Innovate, do not capitate. Innovate.

This is not about kicking people off the program. This should be about improving outcomes.

I strongly do not want to see anyone not get health services. We are talking about the most disabled and vulnerable people in our population.

I hope you will be much more an advocate for the innovation in Medicaid, that instead of trying to nickel-and-dime poor people on a copayment or administrative cost, come up with the strategies, like rebalancing, that give people real…

This whole notion of capitating or block-granting, we know what the results of those programs have been.

I think we can do better for these people. And I support efforts to get us there.

The status quo is not acceptable. This is the United States of America, and we can do better for our vulnerable populations.

I think that we can do a lot better for the many people who depend on this program.

The Medicaid program as a status quo is not acceptable.

I definitely think we need to figure out how to put this canine program on steroids and build the infrastructure.

Part of the issue is, right now, all the certification is through one entity. Should we up the ability to certify these dogs to more areas of the United States?

To keep that growth going in Seattle and across the country, we need to make sure that when passengers arrive at the airport, they are not met with the nightmare that they faced last year: security lines well in excess of an hour.

We have much to do this year to address issues regarding aviation safety and security, infrastructure, NextGen implementation, and a host of other issues.

Do we need more enforcement of inspections in the transportation sector?

If we could do more of it in the future, it would be helpful to protecting our communities.

I think we are going to continue to see this kind of devastation. I do not think these trends are going to stop, whether it is flooding or fire.

I am pretty sure they were pretty significant if he said there was 20 percent loss in revenue.