opening statement
I believe it is well past time for us to reconsider some of these choices.
I have introduced legislation called the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act.
We need to provide an extension for the 13 clean energy tax credits that will expire at the end of this year.
I think it is intellectually misleading--I will leave it at that, not to be harsher--that there is no consideration of the down side.
Giving these same companies billions of dollars in tax breaks, to me, makes no financial sense.
We saw in New Jersey after Sandy that Princeton University was able to keep the lights on through its resiliency program, but large parts of...
There is legislation that I think would be very constructive to that end. It was introduced in the House by Congressman Mulvaney, and what i...
Health care is the most personal of any political issue. When Congress gets involved in health policy, we are changing people's lives.
So it is your view that giving states flexibility on grace periods and age bands, while tightening the special enrollment periods, could lea...
More government bureaucracy, regulations, and spending never successfully reduce the price of health care.
Current law is leading to an increase in healthcare premiums. Double-digit premium increases are hurting, not helping patients.
The first thing health reform should accomplish is to stabilize or reduce the cost of health care.
Current law is leading to an increase in health care premiums.
The subcommittee has been and continues to examine the expenditure of Federal funds on state-based exchanges' activities.
Our committee remains very concerned about the long-term sustainability challenges the state-based exchanges face.
the pathway to greater opportunity and out of poverty is not an arbitrary executive branch dictate.
The SNAP program is improving at its good job of ensuring the limited resources it is given are being used properly.
