Mike Enzi: “Mr. Chairman, I want to welcome you back to the committee and congratulate you on being the first to hold a hearing on…”

It's important to examine what drives healthcare costs and how we can create more value for patients particularly, and specifically in rural areas.

It's a bipartisan bill that would be the single biggest thing near-term you could do to help rural hospitals.

Reserving the right to object. Does that mean I won't get to give the comments before we vote? There has to be some comments about the point of order. Looking at the clock, the number of people waiting, it looks like I am being cut of that…

It's a very small price tag for a big payout.