Mr. President, today I rise to pay tribute to our longtime Democratic Policy Communications Committee staff member, Doug Connolly, who will be retiring at the end of the month with an impressive 33 years of working for the committee and…

The thing that was different for me is this very, very basic idea that the President of the United States would reach out to a foreign power and ask for investigation for personal, political gain.

I seek time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank the Democratic leadership for, I think the first time this year, allowing our side to actually have a substitute to a major piece of legislation. And I thank our leadership, because that…

I have served on the Health Subcommittee for all my days on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and we have seen firsthand the different families impacted by these awful diseases, whether it be Alzheimer's or sickle cell, cystic fibrosis…

I do rise in opposition to the amendment. I would like to make a couple of points. According to the Office of Personnel Management, OPM, the FEHB program, the Federal Employee Health Benefits program, is, in fact, the largest…

Here is the beef: Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the enactment of 21st Century Cures, a bill that passed this House at 392-26. In looking back at that legislation now, 3 years later, we have made wonderful strides in finding the…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote…

I think we are all here to make sure that every Alzheimer's patient and every family affected by Alzheimer's has access to the lowest, most affordable prescription drugs possible, which is why we are so pleased to be ushering in today's…

If the gentleman from Texas is prepared to close, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

For the last 2 years, the single most common issue that Michiganders raise with me is the price of prescription drugs. Michiganders, regardless of party, are demanding that Congress do something about it. People literally clutch my arm at…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 195, line 9, strike ``$500,000,000'' and insert ``$400,000,000''. At the end of subtitle A of title…

I thank my colleague, Representative Kennedy, for adding an amendment to this bill that will tighten it even further. I also thank Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Pallone, Chairman Neal, and Chairman Scott for their leadership and efforts on this…

I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Upton moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the…

Earlier this year, the President, speaking at the National Farm Bureau Convention, called for legislation regarding agriculture immigration. And he acknowledged that the ag community, in his words, ``needs people to help with the farms.''…

I thank the good gentleman for all his incredible work as chairman. I know it is difficult and it was the best that we could do, especially with so much opposition on the Senate side. But as a voice and advocate for a district that…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Chair, as I travel across Michigan, I constantly hear about the high cost of prescription drugs. Hardworking families are simply paying too much. We agree on this, and that is why we need to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, as I travel across Michigan, I constantly hear about the high cost of prescription drugs. Hardworking families are simply paying too much. That is why we need to tackle this issue in a…