I yield myself 15 seconds. Mr. Speaker, I heard the gentleman from Louisiana say that Members of Congress were not in the exchange, and that is simply not the case. And I don't want to hear it repeated from the other side of the aisle…

I yield myself 15 seconds, Mr. Speaker. Mr. McKinley mentioned seniors. I would point out that, beginning in 2011, the health care reform provides a 50 percent discount for prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. There are 12,100…

Could I ask again about the time remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 18\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 23\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I mentioned before how the money that was going to the community health center in Long Branch, in my home town, was being used to coordinate with Monmouth Medical Center so that people didn't have to go to the emergency room. When they…

This is true in the health reform, that there's a lot more money for community-based health care clinics, but we also have that in the stimulus, the Recovery Act. Actually, I had two clinics that were funded under the Recovery Act that had…

Exactly. As you know, on January 1 there were a whole new set of patient protections that went into effect and one was elimination of the 20 percent copay for seniors. They get a 1-year wellness exam for which they don't have a copay…

Everything you said is absolutely true. I know in my State we estimate that every insurance policy, for those who have insurance and are paying their premiums, there is built into it something like $1,000 to $1,500 per year in your premium…

If the gentleman would yield, one of the things that I wanted to point out and I am going to certainly talk about it, I'll talk about it more a little tonight, is my committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee today, put out a report…

What is it now? Crush jobs. The fact of the matter is that the bill actually decreases the deficit by $230 billion, so you'd be increasing the deficit if you repealed the bill. And with regard to jobs, I mean, look, if you think about…

Thank you. I want to thank you for all that you do on this issue. I have seen you come to the floor so many times over the last year or more talking about the importance of the health care reform and now, of course, pointing out how…

Yes. Exactly. So, I mean, that's an important point. Again, everything that we do shores up Medicare, provides more Medicare, provides more benefits under Medicare for seniors, expands their benefits. Go ahead. I didn't mean to interrupt.

You know, on the first point that you have there, I actually went before the Rules Committee--I guess it wasn't last week. It was 2 weeks ago now because last week we had the tragedy of our colleague from Arizona--and I had an amendment…

I was going to ask you to go over that chart about security and stability for America's seniors because, frankly, you know, as the gentleman from Tennessee was pointing out, there is a lot of misinformation that the Republicans give out in…

I rise with all of my colleagues here to honor the victims of the tragedy in Tuscon and to speak of our great colleague Gabby Giffords. We are all encouraged by the signs of recovery that Gabby is showing every day she has been in the…

And I noticed that the little girl, Christina Green, the one who unfortunately passed away, actually told her parents that she wanted to have a career that involved helping those less fortunate than her. And I think if there is anything…

Earlier this afternoon many of us attended a congressional prayer service for the victims of the shooting in Arizona, and I just wanted to reflect on three things that occurred there that really were meaningful for me. One was after the…

This is nothing but a gag rule. I and so many of my colleagues on the Democratic side went up to the Rules Committee yesterday and asked for amendments, and they were almost all excluded from this rule. The Republican chairman of the…

``No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President.'' Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore…