So the statistic you talked about, Medicare payments, which it has been my experience in Pennsylvania, for every dollar of cost, reimbursement of 80 to 90 cents. So for every dollar of cost, the physicians are already losing significant…

When we look at the State of Pennsylvania, the conservative estimates are that the Senate bill provision with the huge expansion of the Medicaid rolls, which is truly just shifting it to the States without funding, $2.4 billion to the…

It has to be something like this: ``We don't care what it is, let's just pass something, whatever it might be.'' The goal is just to get something through to be able to say they did something. Well, that is wrong. That is not the approach…

Absolutely. I believe, actually, it was the Tennessee Governor, a Democrat, who coined the term that this Senate bill and the Medicaid, the shoving of the increased Medicaid rolls and shifting that over to the State was, ``the mother of…

the patience of the American people is not unlimited for our engagement and we need to see progress.

I found cause for encouragement, and I choose my words very carefully.

the Kerry-Lugar bill was specifically designed to give the civilian government more resources on the civilian side.

Senator Kerry made what I think was a historically significant intervention in the process.

I appreciate the attention to this that you've brought, and I want to commend Secretary Clinton.

President Karzai is the legitimately reelected President of the country.

I wanted to get your sense or your assessment really of President Karzai's government.

Today the press, Mr. Speaker, is reporting that a backroom deal has been cut with Democratic leadership to create a deficit cutting commission by executive order. I oppose this effort, and so will the American people. In light of this…

Mr. Speaker, I saw the article in this month's Washington Post about the Obama administration's cutting a backroom deal with the Democrat leadership to create, by Executive order, a commission to deal with our Nation's excessive spending…

I rise in opposition to the rule. Today, the press is reporting that a backroom deal has been cut with Democratic leadership to create a deficit-cutting commission by Executive order. There are also reports that instead of putting every…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of H. Res. 1015, a resolution congratulating the Penn State women's volleyball team on winning the 2009 NCAA Division I national championship. Exactly 1 month ago…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Resolution 991, commending the University of Virginia's men's soccer team for winning the 2009 Division I NCAA National Championship. The University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville…

Part of the question would be, both statutory authority plus resources.

Part of the challenge here is working with the Yemeni Government, not only on that priority, but as well on development.