I know the courtesy of this House, Mr. Speaker, and we are not supposed to direct our remarks everywhere; so let me amend my remarks. Mr. Speaker, there are within the White House two individuals who I believe are responsible. So, Mr…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 9 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at 10 a.m. for…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind the President's ban for the sake of our national security. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands the gentleman from Washington has not yielded for that…

I think it is about elimination, subtraction and I don't----

the results in coverage are essentially being taken away from these people, so this is subtraction.

My takeaway on the three bills here is that they, all three of them, change Medicaid eligibility requirements.

Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon really with a very, very sad and heavy heart. I don't know anyone in our country who watched what took place across the country who wasn't dismayed, who wasn't heartbroken, who wasn't confused. And as my…

I have one final closing question. Since the implementation of the act of last year is fairly new, do any of you have current examples where you're still not getting information covered by the 'you get everything except' and the exceptions…

The big picture is the more than 74 million Americans today that have a life of dignity because they are using Medicaid and Medicare.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Fred Korematsu Day. I could hardly imagine a more relevant time to celebrate his fight for freedom and equality. When the United States incarcerated 115,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including my…

In California alone, the nearly 3.5 million individuals who enrolled in Medicaid under the ACA expansion provision could lose their coverage.

If we repeal Medicaid expansion, people will lose healthcare coverage.

If it was not for Medicaid, the Coachella Valley and regions like mine all across the country would not have access to health care.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up and consider H.R. 724, the Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under guidelines consistently issued by successive Speakers, as recorded in section 956 of the House…

There is no inherent reason that you couldn't have the Federal Government ensure through these national contracts.

He's taken it serious about who that pick would be, because it would have a long lasting effect on America.

I think it goes beyond just Republicans. When you look at his background and just listening to him, this is a man from education, from the work he's done, and even when he had to be confirmed with the Senate, it was unanimous, 95-0.

Mr. President, I have come to the floor as we have just filed a resolution--a bill actually--with 26 cosponsors that would repeal the immigration ban placed by President Trump. President Trump's Muslim ban is unnecessary, it is…