Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Senator Boozman, and for the work that we have done together on all kinds of issues.

Mr. Chairman, I have three amendments that are coming up. On this first one, I am going to yield time to my colleague, who is the author of the original bill. I just wanted to say, first of all, in appreciation to the chairman of the full…

Mr. Chair, I want to, again, thank the chairman. This is not an attempt to derail the reforms. It is an attempt to try to get something passed and done immediately. I certainly welcome the chairman's advice, guidance, suggestions on ways…

I take very seriously my role as your Vice Chairman on this Committee, and before I had the responsibilities and the honor of being Vice Chairman of the Science Committee, I chaired another committee in this House body, and on one occasion…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Sinema for organizing this bipartisan gathering to raise awareness about the suicide epidemic plaguing our veterans community and for the gentlewoman's leadership on this important cause. San Diego is…

As one of my constituents said to me, Congressman, I can get the treatment but can't get the cure. I can't afford the cure.

Let me be clear. I have told my staff, prescription drug prices and the unconscionable raising of those prices is one of my top three priorities in this Congress.

As a result, we now have the lowest uninsured rate in our nation's history.

Premium increases have actually been lower than the Congressional Budget Office predicted when Congress passed the Affordable Care Act.

It is the health care of Americans. We are all in this country right now. We are all on this planet right now.

So a majority of Americans--Democrats, Republicans, and independents by the way--believe that this is our number one health care priority as a nation, number one.

Unfortunately, my Republican colleagues do not want to talk about these facts.

National health care spending has slowed even more significantly than projected when we passed the Affordable Care Act.

Radicalization is a broader concept than just one religion or one ethnicity, and sooner or later this Congress has to come to grips with that.

Congress has imposed limitations on appropriations vis-a-vis the risk corridor program in recent years, is that correct?

We must remain vigilant, however, and remember that an act of terrorism by radical Islamic extremism and extremists like what happened in Orlando could have happened anywhere in the United States, including my home State of North Carolina.

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 862 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby…