Getting rid of the SGR not only resolved a vexing problem for lawmakers, it gave security to Medicare beneficiaries.

The passage of MACRA was a tremendous bipartisan achievement that addressed long-standing and reoccurring problems under Medicare.

I raise a point of order against section 128--that is, page 71, lines 19 through 25--of an otherwise excellent H.R. 5538 for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. This provision proposes to construe existing law by approving after…

We need to make sure that the law is implemented in a way that works for these physicians.

I wish this model would be used more often.

the Senate will soon vote on the conference report for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. The importance of this bill cannot be overstated. People are dying, families are suffering, communities are being torn apart. We can help…

Some 20 years ago, President Clinton went to Arizona and he pointed across the border into Utah, in my district, and he said: I'm creating a national monument over there--nearly 2 million acres. He did not have the courage to come to Utah…

I want to recognize my partner and companion in this effort, Senator Wyden.

Federal land management agencies are biting off more than they can chew. Not only are these agencies tasked with managing one-third of the entire landmass in the United States of America, but they are also asked to provide law enforcement…

I just think it's inconsistent for you to suggest that there is not--that the profitability ratios are so low that it's unattractive to file an application at the same time you say that there are record profits.

Most notably, MACRA eliminated the flawed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, formula.

Congress must provide additional authority.

Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution.

All Americans should be free to believe and act in the public square based on their beliefs about marriage without fear of government penalty.

Detractors will have you believe that the First Amendment Defense Act would allow hospitals to refuse care to a same-sex couple or turn away a single pregnant mother.

Our bill does not take away anybody's rights, to answer Mr. Cummings' question.

It has never been our intention to give anyone a so-called license to discriminate.

The pendulum of tolerance must swing both ways.