the climate is warming, without a doubt.

canceling the Keystone XL pipeline does not mean that the oil from Canadian oil sands deposits will go undeveloped, sparing the world some modest increment of carbon emissions.

We control our destiny, not China or India or Brazil or Russia; no one does but us!

If we want to gain an important measure of national energy security, jobs, tax revenue, and prosperity to advance our work on the spectrum of energy solutions that don't rely on carbon, it should be approved.

I think we are at such a crossroads.

Less than a week ago, four NATO allies from the eastern part of Europe--Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic--appealed to the Congress of the United States to protect them from Russian domination, not by requesting troops or…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the ENFORCE Act. When crafting the timeless document that is our Constitution, the Founding Fathers emphasized the need to prevent the emergence of an imperial monarch. In their wisdom, they gave…

Madam Speaker, every day when I am talking to constituents, their top concern is always the economy and jobs. They are frustrated--as I am--that we have something like 3.8 million Americans who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks…

I am just hoping that we can do a maintenance of effort and somewhat enhance, as well.

I think we should strive to improve the quality provided to all Medicare beneficiaries both in the fee-for-service system and the Medicare Advantage program.

When we were told of this development, there were requests from staff on whether any Democratic bills on Medicare could be included today and those requests were ignored.

One bill in particular is quite egregious. It attempts to gut the coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act in order to provide billions of dollars to private insurance companies.

I hope that if the chairman intends to move forward on any of these bills, that the Administration, stakeholders, and Democratic staff would have an opportunity to weigh in.

Mr. Pallone. Mr. Chairman, I would just ask unanimous consent to submit for the record some Democratic comments in a letter to CMS.

But I know this is a very complex issue and I would like to get to the bottom of it.

I think that what Congress has done to encourage these different payment models is exactly the right thing.

What I am trying to get at is whether the reductions that CMS has proposed to the plan...

Unfortunately, I have to begin today's hearing expressing my disappointment in the tactics and process from your side of the aisle.