Madam Speaker, the President just had a physical and is apparently very healthy. Among the tests he had was a virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. A virtual colonoscopy employs x ray technology that produces a…

It is my intent to offer this amendment when the time is right. I know the distinguished majority leader is now arranging a schedule of pending amendments for votes. So I will not offer it at this time but will seek to have all of the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3485 to Amendment No. 3452

Madam President, I have sought recognition to discuss an amendment I intend to offer. The U.S. shipyards play an important role in supporting our Nation's maritime presence by building and repairing our domestic fleet. The industry has a…

Mr. Akin, I want to come back to the chart you have there. It is a perfect capture of bureaucracy. Bureaucracy, one of the things that we talked about. We are all committed to lowering the health care costs for every single American. That…

Well, first of all, I want to thank my good friend from Missouri for providing the leadership for this evening. It is just so important. The American people, I have to tell you, I am very proud of the American people on this issue. During…

Absolutely. And what we are talking about today goes well beyond Medicare. I thought Medicare and Medicaid were complex. This new proposal, this Senate bill that is being pushed at us, HIPAA, the impact of costs on health care just from…

If there's any kind of silver lining to this story, it is only this, that as between this story which was optimistic and the story that I painted last time of the JET estimate.

We have asked the contractors to share in those investments required to get us back on schedule.

The JAT determined that the cost growth projections are to a significant degree reversible.

Merely to say that the F-35 program started before we enacted the acquisition reform is not going to be an acceptable answer.

The JSF will form the backbone of U.S. air combat superiority for the next generation.

I want to thank Senator McCain for suggesting that we have a hearing on the JSF program promptly.

you're going to be relentlessly pursuing affordability.

Any perturbation of the cost, schedule, or performance of a program that intends to buy more than 2,400 aircraft will have significant implications.

I'd like to do better and I'd like to challenge the contractors to do better, more jets, faster, cheaper.

Madam President, thank you very much. I appreciate the many times Senator Kaufman comes to the floor to celebrate what is working in Washington and the good work that is done by so many public officials, but also public employees in our…

I was noting, Mr. President, in your annual report that two, two among many, numbers jumped out at me: reducing malnutrition among more than 42 million children and providing access to safe drinking water for 3 million people in Asia, just…