Baltic States should at least match our 4 percent level and make up for the armaments they don't have.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) very much not only for the focus and the passion that he shows for this very important issue of trying to ensure that we have health care for all Americans, but also for…

you can be sure that such loans will resume in the future unless Congress takes strong action.

Thank you, Chairman Wenstrup. Thank you for your leadership in passing your legislation and our bipartisan legislation to improve the VA's ability to hire and retain health care providers at the VA.

NATO is important. Only one NATO country has been attacked during NATO, and that is the United States.

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday we will vote on the future of health care for America. We need to do what is right for our district and for our constituents. We need to protect the Affordable Care Act. The ACA works, but like America's other…

Unfortunately, the bill before us today weakens the Clean Air Act.

This region and its residents have suffered from some of the worst air quality in the nation.

Mr. Speaker, since January I have received hundreds of messages from constituents who are panicked that they will lose healthcare coverage with the Republican plan, where people will pay more for less. Although the talking points of the…

Whatever you think about Russia today, it behooves us to act responsibly and to recognize that Russia too is a powerful nation.

I apologize that this is not a balanced panel. You all have basically the same message.

I would hope that there would be a system that would allow dual citizenship and allow these folks to have whatever rights Russia chooses to grant them, but to have all the rights of Estonian citizens.

I will have to say that the United States has military forces all over the world today, and in some cases we are places that we shouldn't be.

And the fact is that our Baltic friends, they don't even feel threatened enough to spend money for their own defense.

Let me just remind you, you are looking at the ultimate cold warrior here.

You think a nuclear weapons delivery system aimed at the heart of Russia and then turning around right on the border is not hostile and provocative?

I hear about the amassing of 300,000 troops in Russian territory, in Russia, is an act of an aggression against their neighboring countries.

These double standards, we got. All I am saying is let's build a more peaceful world by at least dealing with the people who control Russia today.