I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, we've heard in the last hour or two people worried about lab rats at NIH, the zoos closing down. They're worried about cancer patients at NIH. Just a few. But if we want to provide health care to all…

So often we hear our colleagues saying, We come here to Congress to protect and to represent the American people. Well, the American people have spoken. They have asked us to open the doors of government, not shut them. Mr. Speaker, I say…

Madam President, I think the Senator from Rhode Island had it exactly right calling it a tea party shutdown. It is unnecessary, it inflicts pain on far too many Rhode Islanders and people from Massachusetts and Ohioans. It is all so…

GOP irresponsibility that led to the government shutdown is already having an impact across our country. I spent part of my day down at the World War II Memorial here in Washington. As the author of the bill that created the memorial--and…

I want to thank Congressman Garamendi for bringing us all together this evening, Congresswoman Jackson Lee, Congressman Honda-- those who are here and are serious about trying to rectify what happened last night with the GOP shutdown of…

I thank Ranking Member Lowey for yielding. Mr. Speaker, our Nation is stronger when we come together as we, the people, to solve the serious challenges facing our country, yet we find ourselves on the precipice of a GOP-driven government…

Madam President, I urge leadership in the House of Representatives to simply schedule a vote on the Senate-passed bill. I understand a number of people in the majority party are going to vote no. I also believe that--and the Presiding…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Drug Quality and Security Act of 2013. Title II of this legislation, Drug Supply Chain Security, is based on H.R. 1919, the Safeguarding America's…

I will continue working with hospital systems on the issue of permitting these systems to prepare batches of compounded drugs in advance of a specific physician prescription or order. Mr. Speaker, I want to especially thank Chairman Upton…

Congress is faced with much unfinished business--a budget that needs to be passed, a sequester that needs to be repealed, and a debt limit that needs to be lifted. I remind my Republican colleagues that citizens want us united. They want…

I thank Ranking Member Slaughter for yielding me the time. It is clear that the Republican majority is here tonight to begin the process of shutting down the Government of the United States. How irresponsible; how counterproductive; and…

I think the last couple of points I would like to make is that we have very conservative Republican Tea Party Governors saying, We want to expand Medicaid, and they make all of the same arguments that we made during the health care debate…

I thank the gentleman; I thank the lady. This is, obviously, a very important issue for all of us around the country--in Ohio, especially. We have a very unique situation going on in Ohio. As I heard in the previous Special Order, I heard…

Madam President, over the next couple of days we will have a chance to vote on ObamaCare. This will be an opportunity for us to allow our views to be expressed on both sides of the aisle. I am glad we are going to have that opportunity. We…

With the tragic mass shooting last week at the Washington Navy Yard, our country has again been ravaged by preventable gun violence. America must confront these events and their causes to prevent future tragedies. Since 2007, according to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in very strong support of H.R. 1961, legislation that my colleagues and I introduced to save the Delta Queen steamboat. And I want to particularly thank the gentleman from…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I'll be very brief. Mr. Speaker, relative to the Coast Guard's issues, their principal issue is the boilers. We all know that. We've always known that. The new owners are going to replace the boilers…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I agree with certainly some of the comments of my colleague from California. Safety is paramount. It's paramount to us, just as it is to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle both in…