The moment of silence actually shows that we care, right? It is one thing for us to show that we care, but it is another thing for us to show we are willing to roll up our sleeves and actually deliberate.

So, again, we are talking about the most egregious, most heightened instances in the United States where the House of Congress pauses and has a moment of silence.

I picked 10 legislative days as a compromise in my mind to while it is still fresh in our minds.

But this resolution alone won't solve the epidemic, but it is a way to start the kind of conversation and examination of gun violence that has been so sadly lacking under this leadership.

It is the responsibility of every Member of Congress to discuss the gun violence epidemic, the Zika epidemic, to fix them with legislation...

Think what it must be like now that every time your children leave the school, your spouse leaves for work, you leave the house to go to the grocery store, whatever you do, or to your work, that you might not come back home.

This straightforward proposal will require that every moment of silence carried out on the floor of the House related to a tragedy involving gun violence is followed by a committee hearing on the subject of the tragedy within 10…

Would Director Kornze revise his response to Congressman Westerman?

Do you think it is appropriate for states to be given permitting authority for energy development on Federal lands?

I believe in its present form it is seriously flawed.

we have been able to expand Medicaid with over three million Californians having gained access to Medicaid or CHIP since 2013.

the Affordable Care Act has improved millions of lives in my state.

Medicare beneficiaries in California have saved more than 1.2 billion on prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act.

Has there ever been another example of a state government having primary permitting authority over decisions on Federal lands like the PLI has proposed?

You can keep putting lipstick on it but it doesn't look good and it ain't good.

I need you to go with the full power of the Federal Government and say we are not going to tolerate this.

But they can't do anything about it. That is the whole problem.

So how many people have been denied coverage when they applied in January under your program integrity program?