Failure of these CO-OPs have had real-life consequences. People are hurting.

Failure of this CO-OP will now result in our families in West Virginia paying 120 percent higher premiums than they were last year.

The lack of transparency thus far has been terribly disappointing.

I believe it is essential that HHS answer some basic questions, and all of us, Republican and Democrat, should be demanding that.

Rural America is struggling and the 84 critical access hospital in Kansas are the lifeblood of our rural communities.

I was proud to introduce legislation last Congress that delayed this Medicare direct supervision requirement through 2014 and it was signed into law with bipartisan support.

Easy access to emergency care can be a life and death situation and we cannot threaten the existence of these facilities by piling on the regulatory burden from Washington.

It is a simple, bipartisan bill that will require the Bureau of Prisons to issue pepper spray to correctional officers.

I applaud the decision by the prosecutors to seek the death penalty for this terrible crime.

I am concerned about this time. This was passed in '12 and it is 3 years later and you are saying it may not be finished for two more years.

I think you have got a problem. It could be over funding. It could be maybe incompetency perhaps in taking this out.

We got to have more money at the other end.

is Mildred Schmidt going to have to pay more for her electricity?

The State revolving fund has been used as a pawn and I know in 2013 the president in his budget slashed almost 50 percent out of the money, out of the SRO.

there are none in America operating commercially, is that correct?

I applaud this effort to try to get more technical assistance but I am--but I am wondering if we are chasing the wrong rabbit.

There has to be, I think you can understand there ought to be consequences for this violation.

I am very pleased that Congressman Kennedy and I have introduced H.R. 2805, the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2015.

There should be zero tolerance for this unethical behavior and flagrant disregard of the U.S. laws, public health, and the consumer.

I just got notice just here just a minute ago, that Patriot Coal has just now issued a warn notice to the miners in West Virginia that 2,000 more coal miners in West Virginia are going to lose their job in the next few days.

this administration has taken us in West Virginia from the fifth-best unemployment rate to the 51st unemployment rate in the Nation because of these 1,500 regulations.

Are you trying to suggest that during your hearings in those respective States that the people actually said we want more stringent controls on our emissions in Kentucky, and Wyoming, and West Virginia?

I find that incredible.

So, I'm not sure that anyone is following what you think is happening around the world.

universally they said it's regulations. Regulations are what--we have had seven power plants in West Virginia here have been shut down, 45 percent of our coal miner workforce has been unemployed.