Mr. Speaker, as a health care professional for almost 30 years, I actually sat down and read all 2,000 pages of the health care bill. And as I read through the measure, I became increasingly alarmed at the level of control over an…

Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of rhetoric from my colleagues across the aisle opposing this legislation because of a select number of insurance market provisions included in the massive, overreaching health care law. As a two-time…

Mr. Speaker, Republicans agree, and we want families to keep their kids on their plans if they wish. And last Congress that's why we offered proposals that would have allowed dependent children to stay on their parents' plans. But once…

Thank you, Dr. Gingrey. I appreciate that. Let me talk about a couple of important aspects of this bill and understand that if you have a car and it has a flat tire, you don't get rid of the car; you change the tire. But if you have a car…

Another couple of brief points I would like to bring up, because out of a sense of compassion, we want to continue to practice health care and we want patients to be able to afford it. But let me point out a couple of ways this bill is…

I want to find every way that we can work with physicians. I want their doors to be open.

So you are telling me doctors would not support eliminating the preexisting conditions and allowing children to stay on their insurance until age 26?

this is a bill that really does answer a lot of questions, but we can always do better.

Isn't that the crux of the problem? Are the patients the ones that are charging doctors $120,000 for insurance?

I want to start with the representative, Dr. Hoven, from the American Medical Association.

I rise today in support of the repeal and replacement of the so-called Affordable Care Act of 2010 because the Affordable Care Act is in fact unaffordable for small businesses and individuals who purchase their health insurance. Since the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the STOP Act. First we reduced congressional budgets and now I stand in support of another bill that seeks to do what my constituents have asked me to do: Find ways reducing the federal deficit and…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to humbly add my voice to the remarks made so eloquently by my colleagues. I had the honor of personally meeting Representative Giffords for the first time just last week, here in the Chamber; and although my…

Madam Speaker, today our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who were taken from us last week in this horrific tragedy in Tucson, Arizona. Our Nation stands with Congresswoman Giffords in her recovery, her family, her staff, and all…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my heartfelt sorrow for the tragic and senseless attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords, her staff and constituents. I especially want to offer my condolences to the families of Christina Taylor…

Madam Speaker, I join with my colleagues today to honor the 6 who died and the 14 who were wounded, including our own colleague Gabrielle Giffords, in the horror which unfolded last Saturday morning in Tucson, Arizona. I was at home…

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