Jay Rockefeller: “I've paid a lot of attention to both.”

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

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.

If confirmed, I pledge to consider all relevant facts and public comments in the docket.

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