Jay Rockefeller

Today's hearing is the first of two hearings--which works out very well, the setup of the two hearings--that we're holding to look at deceptive payment practices that the health insurance industry has gotten away with for the last decade…

It seems to me that--with subpoena power, that could be replicated anywhere.

I happen to think that's the right way to do it.

What I think we've learned today is that there's a reality-based prevailing market price for medical services, and then there is a fictional ``usual''--UCR rate used by the insurance companies.

This is a big risk we're taking, and never has there been so much asked of the Congress.

So, it's just not having it----it's what--it's just saying it, sometimes will get you your result.

I think NextGen is absolutely priority number one.

Runway incursions are listed by the NTSB as a major safety concern, and so it should be.

I'm also hopeful that the Obama Administration and the FAA will reach a long overdue collective bargaining agreement with our controllers.

One way to improve air traffic flow is highspeed rail.

I don't think of NextGen, really, in terms of technology, I think about it in terms of people.

Everything that the President talks about--and that is, you know, carbon release and wasted time and damage to the economy and frustrated people and people not having reason to have confidence in their government, et cetera--all comes…

I'm just losing patience. We've got to find a way to pay for this.

There's always an excuse. There's always a reason.

The FAA needs to get new technology on our towers and on our runways, and it needs a plan with clear benefits for the flying public.

As you may know, Chairman Rockefeller and I created the E-rate program, which provides discounted telecommunications services to schools and libraries.

In Olympia Snowe's and my bill, which I hope that you'll all cosponsor, we go very aggressively after this question.

Nobody ever said we were a sane institution, but we prove it, particularly in the early times.

I just want to put myself down as somebody who is very concerned and is determined to make a difference in this Committee on this subject.

I am delighted to have the support of my friend, the esteemed Chairman of this Committee in advancing the first of these options with the Snowe-Rockefeller 'Trade CLAIM Act'.

I see NOAA as a leader in providing the science and information needed for wise decisionmaking as this Nation faces significant challenges such as climate, energy and the health of our ocean and coastal resources.

The second option--which I will be proposing in forthcoming legislation--is to completely overhaul the inter-agency trade enforcement process.

We are going to be a larger part of the process in the future, working with you, always working with you.

The department which you will be taking over, it surprises people, I think, sometimes to find out how huge the scope of it is.

I think that you understand--I know that you understand Main Street, and I know you understand the way the people of your State are thinking and the way the people of the Nation are thinking.