Jay Rockefeller: “NHTSA is the mode where we have the largest loss of life--we have over 34,000 people that lost their lives in 2008.”

This, I have to say without sentiment, will be the last Health Subcommittee hearing that I chair.

If confirmed, I will commit to review all of the statutory requirements and congressional deadlines.

I come today with a spirit of reflection and optimism about our future. I am also compelled towards an honest assessment of where we are as a body--of the promise of what we can achieve when we don't shy away from compromise and what we…

one of the things that happened with the CBO scoring was that yes, there was a cost because you were keeping CHIP operating, but there was a savings because the children were not transferring into the Affordable Care Act, for example.