A Republican congressman on Wednesday said he didn’t think much of a health-care panel’s hearing that he was participating in.

But his suggestion on what to do instead drew a scathing response from a Democratic colleague.

During a House subcommittee’s hearing on protecting insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions, Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess said the group should be using its time in other ways, because there is bipartisan support for such protections.

“Look, if you believe in ‘Medicare for All,’ if you believe in a single-payer, government-run, one-size-fits-all health system, let’s have a hearing right here in this subcommittee,” said Burgess, the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s health subcommittee.

“Do I agree with the policy?” the Texas Republican added. “No, I do not, and I would gladly engage in a meaningful dialog about what such a policy would mean for the American people.”

New Jersey Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone wasn’t having it: “I was going to try to be nice today, but after I listened to Mr. Burgess, I can’t be.”

“Medicare for All — who are you kidding?” added Pallone, who chairs the energy and commerce committee. “Oh sure, we’ll have a hearing on something that you think is going to destroy the country. Now don’t get me wrong — we will address that issue. I’m not suggesting we shouldn’t, but the cynicism of it all.”

“You have no solutions,” the New Jersey Democrat also said to Burgess.

Medicare for All has been a hot topic this year, with possible independent presidential candidate Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, saying it’s unaffordable, while Democratic contenders Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have expressed support. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, got the ball rolling on the issue in 2017, when he introduced his Medicare for All Act.

Burgess and Pallone’s comments came at a hearing titled “Texas v. U.S.: The Republican Lawsuit and Its Impacts on Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions.” It follows a December decision by a Texas federal judge, who ruled the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional after Republicans repealed its insurance-coverage penalty.

The health subcommittee’s chairwoman — Rep. Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat — announced Wednesday that a separate hearing is planned for next week on three bills that she said would begin to reverse the Trump administration’s changes to the ACA, also known as Obamacare. The bills’ aims include boosting funding for Obamacare’s outreach efforts, as well as curtailing more limited insurance plans that critics argue are “junk plans,” according to Eshoo.