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I would just like to say that I deeply appreciate the efforts of the gentleman from New Jersey on behalf of all people with autism and on behalf of their families. He has been a true champion, and I appreciate his friendship, too. Madam…
I hope that the House will unanimously approve House Resolution 1033, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Doyle) that…
Last week, the administration's own report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirmed that the government health care takeover will increase costs, will hurt seniors, and will put employers in a position to drop…
Yesterday the Department of Defense released the Military Power Report on Iran. The report is designed to provide Congress and the White House with an assessment of Iran's current military capabilities and the regime's future military…
I thank the chair for yielding me the time. Thank you so much, Ranking Member Poe, for joining in this resolution. Madam Speaker, I was born and raised in the little town of Sumter, South Carolina, and just outside of Sumter is a little…
Bernard Baruch was born near Columbia in historic Camden, South Carolina. The world-acclaimed financier and benefactor was an adviser to Presidents since the days of Woodrow Wilson, who also was raised in Columbia. Last week, April 16…
A grassroots group in Aiken, South Carolina, is holding meetings to educate the residents about the Constitution and the principles of our Founding Fathers. Coordinated by Debbie Nix, the group is called ``We the People, Aiken.'' I am…
Over the past 2 weeks I have heard about the job-killing effect the recently passed government health care takeover will have from concerned citizens across South Carolina. I've heard from small business owners, the primary providers of…
Repealing the government takeover of health care is the first step, with an immediate replacement for insurance reform. It is important that we offer our patient-centered plan, H.R. 3400, to cover preexisting conditions, to help small…
219 liberals on the other side of the aisle may have passed a government health care takeover, but the American people still have a voice to tell their lawmakers to repeal these job-killing mandates and finally focus on job creation…
Mr. President, I rise today with great disappointment in both the substance and process of this legislation. We should be working from a long held medical premise; first, do no harm. Instead, Americans know this government takeover of the…
The health care takeover vote last night was a battle in the ongoing war between supporters of limited government and the forces of big government. The fight will continue as we promote limited government and expanded freedom. I was very…
As we vote on health care takeover, I urge Members of both parties to pay attention to the counsel of the National Federation of Independent Business, NFIB, the Nation's leading small business association. ``Small business has been…
My office got a call today from Mary Anne Ferguson, 91 years old from Point Breeze in Pittsburgh. She asked me to vote for health reform because she wants everyone to get the coverage she has. She remembers before Medicare when half of our…
I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, we have come to a defining moment in our Nation's history. Tonight I am thinking about the woman who called in to a talk radio program that I appeared on last August. She called…
I thank the gentleman for yielding, Madam Speaker, and I rise in support of this resolution to honor our veterans who did so much to preserve our freedom during the Cold War. It is unfortunate that we may be about to pass a massive health…
Ronald Reagan once said the most terrifying words in the English language are, ``I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'' This is exactly what Washington liberals are trying to tell the American people. The scheme that the…
The preliminary cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office for the health care takeover is $940 billion. It is bizarre. Some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are spinning this number. How many Americans today…