I am also concerned about the process HHS used to issue the rule.
It is ironic that the proponents of the healthcare law talked about the need to expand access to services but the admini...
While the rule does include a religious exemption, many entities feel that it is inadequate and violates their conscienc...
It would be a great loss to the Nation and the communities we serve if our hospitals were compelled by Federal law to fo...
the HHS definition of religious employer contravenes the First Amendment by putting the Federal Government in the positi...
If you have moral convictions, you can keep them, just don't try to impose them on everybody else.
Deny health insurance coverage that includes contraceptive services to millions of American women, that is wrong.
This is exactly what the founders of this country sought to avoid by adopting the First Amendment to the Constitution.
There is the risk to the freedoms and liberties of the people in the country and the danger to the rest of the world if ...
opening statement
We have an extraordinary opportunity--we and the world--to take this historic moment and nudge it, push it, do whatever ...
The Subcommittees, under the leadership of Senators Casey and Boxer, are to be commended, as is the U.S. Department of S...
What is the best thing we can do here in the United States?
I think that breaking the sense of isolation, especially in places like Libya, that many of these women have suffered fr...
I thank my colleague. I am an interested neighbor and one who has worked with your constituents just because of my role ...
Let me just proceed with some line of reasoning.
We want to put people back to work. We want to make sure these funds are utilized to rebuild communities.
I would like to officially make a request to meet with you as soon as possible in my office and also in Houston.
