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They have failed to expand Medicaid despite the Federal Government picking up the majority of the cost.

Do the math. North Carolina could reinvest the remaining $1.2 billion of new Federal funds in critical State programs.

I pray that we see the day very soon when these 12 States will expand Medicaid.

Congress needs to be much more robust in what it--how it exercises its powers.

We owe the American people our absolute best efforts to help them on this.

These disasters pose an important question to Congress: what can we do to help prevent future flooding?

I'm proud to serve on this committee, which has passed four major, transformational WRDA laws during the last four Congresses to improve our Nation's water resources infrastructure.

Our citizens cannot afford the devastating effects of floods to their homes, farms, businesses, and communities.

Historic flooding, such as this should spur us to reexamine infrastructure, to ensure it is updated and capable of protecting life and property.

I would like to see the Corps expeditiously implement the significant reforms made by these laws.

I think you have very practical understanding and knowledge here at play.

Despite those facts, Democrats still chose to muscle through their partisan spending package...

It is clear we are in a very different place today than we were last March.

It is so critical to reducing variance to broadband deployment.

I introduced the Expanding Opportunities for Broadband Deployment Act, a bill that would retire this unnecessary restriction.

Qualified broadband providers are being discouraged. They are being discouraged from participating in FCC programs that could expand broadband access into these underserved and unserved communities.

I think that when it comes to law enforcement, there is absolutely a role that they play, an important role, in keeping us all safe from domestic and sexual violence, but it's everyone's issue.

African-American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate of about 35 percent higher than their white counterparts.