Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Chairwoman Slaughter for allowing me to speak today, along with Representative Pingree. Each month we hear of record…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the so-called jobs legislation that is before the Senate this afternoon and to express my grave concerns with the direction this bill has taken over the past few weeks. Several of my Finance Committee…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 53 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

If only more people in Washington would follow our example here in the Senate Antitrust Committee, the world would be a much better place, as far as I am concerned.

I have a number of questions as to whether as a result of this merger consumers will benefit because of increased efficiencies or whether Comcast will be able to use NBC Universal's content as a weapon to harm competitors and, as a result…

Both of those are core responsibilities of the government and one that this administration has decided to cut. And it's not necessarily that they are companies that are making these-- there's actually two companies in America that do make…

If I could ask the gentleman from Missouri, because I appreciate you said the key word of ``priorities.'' Before we actually deal with our priorities, we have to look at what is in this budget and what isn't in this budget, and I think…

Well, I thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding. Yes, this presents a particularly interesting conundrum that we do have here. The President has talked about how our most important element is to create jobs. And it is. For our…

I appreciate the gentleman from Florida and what he's saying. I think we're saying the same thing. There are some core responsibilities the government would have to do, and the government has promised that they would do these. And the…

That program got more funding in the stimulus bill that was passed last year than it would take to carry on with this program moving forward.

I think you are exactly right, and that's why, with all due respect, this is like a double disappointment to me. Not only are we spending too much and taxing too much, but we are not spending it in the right place.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 24 offered by Mr. Owens: Page 6, line 24, insert ``, including technologies to secure…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mr. Heinrich The…

In closing, I want to again thank the chairman, the ranking member, and the committee for their work. I urge support for my amendment and for the underlying bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would first like to thank Chairman Gordon and the committee for their work on this important bipartisan legislation. My amendment would expand the cybersecurity strategic R&D plan…

I think it's absolutely wrong to do that.

I think it's a dumb, dumb, stupid approach to take when we have the facilities that are perfectly capable of taking care of these people.

I think it's stupid to put the whole country through this mess because the Attorney General feels that might be a better way of doing things, when in fact it's the worst way of doing things.