According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office estimate if nothing is done physicians will see reimbursement for services provided to Medicare patients cut by 29.4 percent on January 1, 2012.

This staggering price tag is just one side of the physician payment reform problem.

For the information of the Members, the Hyde amendment only applies to the Labor-H bill. It is offered every year as a rider. Similar language is offered to Indian Health, Federal Employee Health Benefits Act. We have done these…

Madam Speaker, the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces on Sunday brought reassurance to many around the world that justice had finally been served. A man responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people of…

The system that is currently used to pay physicians for providing services to beneficiaries in the Medicare System is broken and has been for some time.

I strongly disagree with this direction.

It would be unacceptable to have anything less than the highest standards for our nuclear power plants.

I would like an equal opportunity for those persons who have been very nice and informative witnesses to reach out to both sides of the aisle

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Before I begin my statement, let me take a moment to first express my concern and condolences for the people in your home State of Alabama and some surrounding States.

I will not support legislation that eliminates jobs or eliminates the opportunities for minorities who have had an unfortunate misstep in their lives.

We need to give Americans the chance to be rehabilitated, to work and provide for their families.

I would be happy to work with you.

I do not want to try to support something that is going to add extra levels.

My point is modernization has a positive premise. We have to delineate responsibilities.

I could not be in a Homeland Security hearing without expressing, again, my appreciation to all of the National security team, including our United States military and the President of the United States, for a historic effort that resulted…

Mr. Speaker, Apollo 14 launched on January 31, 1971, on its third trip to the Moon. Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell composed the Apollo's eighth manned mission to the lunar surface. Also on board were seeds from several…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Judge William Hart Rufe III for 36 years of outstanding service to the Heritage Conservancy based in my home of Bucks County. Headquartered in the county seat of Doylestown, the Heritage Conservancy is an…

Mr. President, twenty years ago this month we lost Senator John Heinz in an airplane crash. A family lost a husband and a father. A Commonwealth lost a tireless advocate for older citizens and our workers. I am honored to serve in the…