Jay Rockefeller

The only thing Americans will settle for is that somebody is fired, because that shows that 'the administration really means it.'

Director Burwell, there is an understandable rage for lowering costs.

You have been Director of OMB, which I think one could also say is one of the most difficult positions around.

You are about fighting for people whom other people will not fight for.

I think you can gather from my statement that I am probably going to vote for you.

I have respect for your intelligence, for your integrity, what I would call a ferocious integrity.

I think I read that the American Academy of Civil Engineers said that it is going to take $2.3 trillion over the next couple of decades to bring us, in terms of general infrastructure--that is not just roads and bridges, but the general…

They are growing so fast in passenger use: 700 million people went on airplanes this year; 1 billion Americans will do so in 5 to 8 years.

I just have to respond, Mr. Edwards, to this idea of, not privatizing the FAA but, you know, getting in outside groups.

That kind of mentality scares me terribly about the future of our country.

Somebody getting elected or re-elected is less important than the country surviving in a structural sense.

There is nothing sadder to me than a Republican or a Democrat who does not dare do something or vote for something that he or she believes in.

This kind of thing. And it is an American characteristic that you do not do anything which displeases the voters because you always have to get re-elected here.

What are TSA's biggest obstacles to improving the acquisition process for security technology?

We are the only State which is affected by this HRSA initiative.

One of the effects of the HRSA rules and regulations would be we would have to sort of divide black lung clinics up into different lumps.

There are many of us who have been for the Affordable Care Act from the very beginning and will stay that way until it is absolutely perfect.

It is extraordinary that we have a program here which is the first of its kind in history to have actually worked.

I would really be happy if the President, in one of his press conferences or something, just mentioned it.

The easiest way to do that is to simply go back to what we were doing with the dual-eligibles, 9 million of them, when they were under Medicaid and it was all rebated pricing.

Senator Rockefeller has been a leader in the area of cruise ship safety. I've been pleased to follow that lead.

Senator Rockefeller's CCOVA offers alternatives to the retransmission consent structure as well, by expressly authorizing antenna rental services.

Let me be clear: I believe that we would do consumers a disservice if we failed to reauthorize STELA.

I also want to applaud him for his leadership of the Communications Subcommittee and the thorough work he has done.

I'm confident that this committee will be able to work in a bipartisan fashion to reauthorize STELA.