Jay Rockefeller: “the public option is exactly that; it's an option, it's simply an option.”

I ask unanimous consent to speak in a seated position. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

That is stunning. It has not been reauthorized, CHIP. It is still out there, floating.

It is not right to shift the added financial burdens onto working families when a cost-effective solution for maintaining the coverage they already have exists.

Because Mr. Shimizu's testimony left so many questions unanswered, then Chairman Rockefeller and Senator Nelson sent a letter to Takata requesting documents and information regarding the company's defective airbags.