Jay Rockefeller

I am concerned that, rather than sharpening their pencils and finding budget reductions that inflict as little pain as possible on the traveling public, the Administration has threatened to close air traffic control towers, slow down air…

Americans take the safety of their aviation system for granted. And, they should.

We have consistently supported the IRS and their program to register tax return preparers.

I have sent three letters to the Department of Transportation over the past six weeks to get detailed information about their sequestration plans.

Safety has to come above all else. There is no number two. There's only number one.

this hearing will come to order. And hopefully, there'll be some Senators who arrive, but you've got the two best ones right here.

I commend you for the work to be done, and I have more questions I want to ask.

I remember a number of years ago the excitement that was felt generally when DOD and the Veterans Administration were planning to work together.

I am curious about that.

You are making an enormous move in mental health.

I think you are a superb General of that VA, and I just want to say that.

I am really struck, Mr. Chairman, by the specificity and directness of the budget increases which the President... has given a vote of confidence.

By any definition, the Panama Canal was a success.

Thank you very much, Ms. Tavenner, for your presence. I look forward to voting for you.

I want to ask a couple of things, really quickly.

She is humble, she is hard-working, and she has integrity.

A rulemaking should be made in terms of the best interests of the Affordable Care Act.

Sylvia Mathews, now Burwell, is absolutely the person for this job.

We need smart, strong leadership. We need the Federal budget office to be good.

So individuals could not opt out?

I worry also particularly about the level of health care, the quality of health care, for children under such a program.

I am of the belief that the ACA is probably the most complex piece of legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress.

What premium assistance does for children under a Medicaid expansion program, I know not.

I do not understand why that allowance was made, why that waiver was given.

I get a lot of answers like that, that we are looking at it, when I thought something had been done.