To act horrified about the changes that are being made to Medicare Advantage now after voting to support them for years strikes me as being disingenuous.

My entire career is just representing mostly low- and moderate-income Medicare beneficiaries and protecting Medicare.

The ACA did not make any cuts to the benefits guaranteed to all Americans over the age of 65.

On many different levels. Thank you, Congressman. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that, today, people say that government--the House of Representatives and the Senate--is dysfunctional. Yet, as you pointed out in that quote, Senator Dole…

Thank you. I really want to thank the fine gentleman from Maryland, who has worked so long and tirelessly on ensuring that unlimited campaign spending does not drown out the voice of the people. I want to thank him for putting together a…

I agree completely. People decide to run frequently--or want to run--maybe even better than decide, they don't decide--they want to run because they believe that they can be the voice for those that do not have a voice, for people in their…

In listening to this discussion and to your presentation about the bill to basically give government back to the people, listening to Congressman O'Rourke talking about what it is like to go door to door and talk to people, and then you…

I want to encourage the VA to continue to invest in those.

I would strongly encourage you to increase that significantly.

The homeless issue is one that I will continue to work on with you, Secretary, as long as I am here.

I think this is one of the biggest decisions, from the VA standpoint, technologically, that will be made in my tenure in congress.

I want to start by thanking you all for what you do for veterans each day in my district.

I certainly hear a lot of very positive comments about the care that our veterans get in our area.

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3973, The Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014. One of the areas in which the Executive Branch should be least hamstrung is in its ability to respond to imminent threats to national security…

Mr. Chairman, as I indicated, this is a political fight. I thought we had settled that fight with Baker v. Carr, a case that hails from 1962. Baker stands for the proposition that courts are not equipped to adjudicate political questions…

Mr. Chairman, how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Let me make this point, and I will yield 15 seconds to the distinguished gentlelady from California. But I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his eloquence. Obviously, he is from the great State of Thomas Jefferson, and I certainly am…

Mr. Chairman, how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.