I don't believe there is any merit at all.

Citizens United is the law of the land.

My bill would empower Governors and local elected officials to control whether or not the Federal Government can place into their communities unaccompanied alien minors who entered the country unlawfully.

No, Mr. Cartwright, not at all. This is not something we would be doing.

I want you to, if you would, please, convince me that this is not a witch hunt.

Fraud is a very vague term. And we, as prosecutors, you, as a prosecutor--we have a great deal of power.

This Cures Initiative is in part focused on using technology to relieve administrative burdens for agencies such as FDA.

We have electronic health records that can be shared among various providers to help better coordinate the care we receive, if we can ensure they are interoperable.

We now have mobile medical apps that can make health care more personalized if we don't overregulate them.

I have the utmost respect for U.S. attorneys and prosecutors.

But just as a prosecutor, promise me this, that we are following the law, that you are following the law, that these are genuine fraud cases that are not manipulated to look like fraud cases, and that we, as prosecutors, have a…

The question before us: How do we ensure that our health care system can take advantage of the innovation going on in the tech world?

if the June 2014 Rand report is true, we have been subsidizing systems that block information instead of allowing for information transfers, which was never the intent of the statute.

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As part of our committee's 21st Century Cures Initiative, we are examining the discovery, development, and delivery process to speed new treatments and cures to patients.

Technology has the potential to transform health care as well, and in doing so address many of the challenges that we currently face.

Those of us who live on the border in Texas don't particularly have our hair on fire unless provoked.

On an average day about $2 billion in trade crosses our land borders, creating jobs and bolstering the economy in cities and towns across America.