The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is working in Rhode Island.

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 8, which I send to the desk on behalf of Senator Murphy, me, and other Senators as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Virginia [Mr…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit legislation that makes America sick…

Mr. President, I rise to offer this amendment, amendment No. 8, with Senator Murphy and other Senators, to the budget resolution we are currently considering, and the purpose of amendment No. 8 would be to create a point of order against…

Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 305(b) of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient…

It is clear, however, that these reforms could not be successful without the framework provided by the ACA.

Our progress toward full insurance has enabled Rhode Island to set its sights on a full-scale health system transformation.

Mr. President, I have spoken about this previously. The budget that is on the floor really isn't a budget; it is more of a focused attack on health care for millions of Americans. Amendment No. 8, which I have offered with Senator Murphy…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, Mr. McGovern, for his leadership and for managing this rule. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in opposition to the closed rule for H. Res. 11. Ranking Member Engel, Mr. Price, and I have submitted an amendment…

Mr. Speaker, who are we kidding? I heard the ranking member say this isn't about Obama, and yet virtually every statement on the other side of the aisle is trashing President Obama. If you want to simply condemn the U.N. resolution, let's…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to read a letter from my constituent, Mrs. Karen O'Hern, of Alexandria, Virginia: ``Congressman Beyer, ``We are a family of four. The company my husband worked for went bankrupt in 2009 after the 2008 financial…

I now yield to the gentlewoman from Washington and the majority conference chairman (Mrs. McMorris Rodgers). Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Section 2: ``The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this…

I now yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Abraham). Mr. ABRAHAM: Section 8: ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general…

I now yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene). Ms. DelBENE. Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the…

I now yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum). Ms. McCOLLUM. ``. . . he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of…

Mr. Chairman, at this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bishop), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 21. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, Federal bureaucrats are continuously creating new and more complicated and costly burdens on hardworking Americans in the form of unnecessarily burdensome regulations…