Thank you, Mr. Levin. I was somewhat embarrassed by the remarks of my friend, who is from Butler, Pennsylvania, the hometown of my wife, because it is the Republicans who have decided to make this bill about the next election. There is no…

Mr. Speaker, everyone in Texas knows about the Permian Basin's reputation for oil and gas. Every UT Longhorn or Texas A&M Aggie knows about the Permanent University Fund. Not everyone knows the critical role that Big Lake played in each of…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend from Pennsylvania for yielding me the time, the chairman of the subcommittee, for making this possible to bring this bill to the floor today. I want to thank Chairman Upton of the full committee and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Colonel Wayne T. Frye of Manchester, Ohio. Colonel Frye was beloved in his community, and is remembered not only for his extraordinary achievements but also for his humble character. In 1948, Wayne…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate and honor the service of our Nation's Girl Scouts. On this week, more than 100 years ago, Juliette ``Daisy'' Gordon Low officially registered the Girl Scouts' first 18 members. Since that time, the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today supporting repealing the SGR formula. The SGR cuts would reduce doctors' compensation for treating Medicare patients by 24 percent. H.R. 4015 repeals and replaces SGR with a merit-based…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill. This began as a bipartisan effort, but, predictably, this has devolved into nothing but another attempt by House Republicans to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Here we go again…

Mr. Speaker, the Federal Railroad Administration's examination of the Metro-North railroad safety apparatus has been completed. I begin by offering my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. James Romansoff, a Metro-North…

I thank my friend from California for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition, not to the policy before us, but to the poison pill pay-for attached to this much-needed SGR repeal-and-replace legislation. I support the…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 11 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at 1 p.m. ____________________

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I have long been a supporter of a permanent fix to the sustainable growth rate, or SGR. The flawed SGR harms providers and consumers alike and keeps us from true innovation in the health care…

I applaud Chairman Brady's leadership on this issue. He has been instrumental in getting us to this point. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill after 3 long years of working on the policy to actually get to a bipartisan, bicameral…

Mr. Speaker, just a couple of weeks ago the eyes of the world were looking at the people of Russia, and all of the world gathered together at the international Olympics, athletes of varying backgrounds harmoniously competing in a spirit of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in strong opposition to H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 because of the passage of the Rule to this bill. I am not alone in opposing this irresponsible measure…

Mr. Speaker, this Saturday will mark the 1-year anniversary of House passage of H.R. 803, the SKILLS Act. This bill, which I sponsored, would bring much-needed reform and reorganization to our broken Federal workforce development system…

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to honor America's teachers. I do that because I spoke with my 17-year-old son, who is a junior at Silverdale Baptist Academy, and he was asking me about teachers. Now, most of you all know I had two elementary…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, there are very few times in my life in which I have really had the privilege of representing people who are so dear to me. I just think, if you were to look at our generation, we would all have to agree…

Mr. Speaker, last week I was deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of my friend and Hawaii island resident, Les Botelho. I share my heartfelt condolences with his family and his friends. Les was a committed family man and also…