"If they are going to claim this is a cut to Medicare, then let us just allow Medicare to use 'Medicare.'"
"I am really concerned about what those cuts mean."
"I didn't want to take up the ladder from others, right? And I would hope that this is a program I think that has bipartisan support."
"So, I mean, if we wind up with 22 percent cuts in this area, not only can you not expand, but you would actually have to contract what you are doing in this area, causing even more burden on the healt..."
"I am extremely concerned about that."
"I have been one of the lead advocates for doubling Pell Grants in 5 years, being a Pell Grant recipient myself."
"Dereliction of duty, of Congress and State legislatures to not act."
"I recently spoke with a federal judge in my district about some very much-needed repairs at the federal courthouse in Madison, Wisconsin."
"I was pretty ecstatic when I saw your name was going forward and you got confirmed."
"I have been concerned about concentration in the meat packing industry for years, and I fear that right now it is contributing to the high prices that we are seeing at the grocery store."
"I think it is time for a more modern definition of defense."