"I never want to forget the impact that some of these reforms have, not only on the immediate Medicare beneficiary."
"I want to thank our witnesses for highlighting the many promising Federal, State, and private delivery reforms that are underway."
"This year alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that sequestration will cost our economy about three-quarters of a million jobs."
"I remarked over and over again during that time in the State of Wisconsin about just how hard the people in my State are working to recover from the devastating recession."
"These are just some of the choices that we are facing that demand our action."
"These arbitrary and indiscriminate across-the-board cuts will reduce, according to many economists, expected GDP growth by as much as half."
"We have an obligation to come together to find a balanced solution to avoid sequester and get back to the regular order of annual budgeting."
"Our budget is about choices, and it is about values."
"I think the uncertainty hurts so much in the current context because we have been through the wringer."
"I think on that point, especially as data becomes accessible to providers on a larger scale, it is not just about price, obviously."
"You are going to have to raise the debt limit and fund the government. There is no other option."