I wanted you to respond whether you think that level of cut would, in fact, threaten the health of our children and our families.

I yield the gentleman 1 additional minute. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McDERMOTT. I yield to the gentleman from California. {time} 1630

Mr. Chairman, I'm always amused when I hear people talk about government interference in our lives. If people think Medicare is an unjust government interference in their lives, they can forgo their Medicare, but I don't know too many…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time each side has. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The gentleman from California has 36 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania has 44 minutes remaining.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, if you listen to the comments that were just made on the House floor, it would be better to leave over 30 million people without health insurance because they want to see doctors…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, our idea for Medicare for the future is to make it better, not to eliminate it. In the Affordable Care Act, we provide help for seniors to pay for their prescription drugs…

Mr. Chairman, at this time I'd yield 5 of our 36 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Braley).

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time each side has remaining in the general debate. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania has 29\3/4\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. I thank the gentleman, who is a physician, for his comments. He said he wants to save Medicare. He said the Republicans want to save Medicare. They want to save Medicare, but their budget proposal…

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased at this time to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished Democratic whip, Mr. Hoyer, from the State of Maryland.

Mr. Chairman, nobody is going to deny that there is a problem with medical malpractice. The issue is whether the State of Tennessee can adopt a law to solve its own problem the way the State of California has done, the way the other States…

We want to hold down the costs in health care for Medicare, itself. The cost of health care is going up for all health care coverage; but Medicare, if it goes up too much, it's a real problem. So in the Affordable Care Act, we try to put…

The way to hold down cost is to try to reform the way health care is delivered. Medicare tries to do that. If we don't do it that way, the Republicans would say that private insurance will be able to control it because that's all people…

GSA can't keep sitting on prime real estate like this.

we certainly want to work with you on that. But we certainly need to make sure we continue to take politics out of it, and focus on the policy of the issue.

I have introduced the Civilian Property Realignment Act, to get agencies like GSA to get rid of unneeded and undeveloped properties.

So I am coming here to tell you that even the President's budget is not adequate.

NOAA's cut to education has been 75 percent since 2010.