Mr. President, if I might just have 1 more minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I first thank Senator Whitehouse for his leadership. I am proud to join him and so many of my colleagues in supporting and cosponsoring the legislation in front of us. I thank the majority leader for his comments, and all of…

Let me indicate also that in the first 4 months of this year, 90 percent of all outside money being spent on this coming November Presidential election was secret. Again, that is 90 percent of what was spent in just the first 4 months of…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I come to the floor today to express my support for H.R. 4402, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act. This bill will expedite responsible mineral production in the United States by reducing…

During rollcall vote No. 465 on H.R. 4402, the Young (AK) Amendment, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``aye'' when I should have voted ``no.''

Despite talk of political gridlock in D.C., Republicans and Democrats can agree on at least one thing--the economy is in rough shape. For the past 41 months, the unemployment rate has not gone below 8 percent, causing worry, uncertainty…

You're wasting the time of the Congress. You've told us how you're going to repeal and replace. Where is the replacement? It is not to be seen. Where are the steps that you should be taking about jobs and opportunity for the American…

In upholding the President's health care law, the Supreme Court identified the law as a $675 billion tax increase on America's working families and reminds us that we cannot depend on courts to fix the mistakes that Congress has made. I…

I thank my good friend for yielding. This is the gavel I used when I presided over the passage of Medicare and when I presided over the passage of legislation called ACA. This legislation takes care of the American people. I'm willing to…

At this point I would yield 2 minutes to the vice chair of the Health Subcommittee, the gentleman from Texas, Dr. Burgess, and when he concludes speaking, I ask unanimous consent that the rest of my time be controlled by the gentleman from…

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Dr. Murphy.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Whitfield), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I stand in opposition to the Republican Affordable Care Repeal Act because it is an irresponsible approach that does nothing to address the rising cost of health care that our families and our businesses are facing today. It is a fact that…

This has been an unusual debate in Congress over an extremely important matter. What we have witnessed and listened to today for the 31st time is something that I would like to spare our conservative friends the heavy responsibility of…

The Supreme Court recently made it clear that the individual mandate is, despite what the President and my colleagues in this body are trying to say, it is a colossal tax increase on the middle class. While I'm disappointed in the…

I appreciate my fellow friend from Michigan yielding this time. I'm a freshman. This is my first term in session here in Congress. And I wasn't here for the passage of this bill. But I can tell you, I am here because the American people…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, my friends across the aisle decry the fact that we have now voted over 30 times to defund, dismantle, and repeal the law. But, Mr. Speaker, isn't it right to challenge a tool of destruction of the…

I appreciate you yielding. It is the CBO. Go to the Congressional Budget Office. They have directly stated that it would double.