If those folks showed up, do you think she would be compelled to go down there and thank them for showing up?

you can't speak for the American people, and you can't speak for these miners.

there is a war on coal. I wish we would stop tap dancing and call it what it is.

I am mad. I am not going to sit here and watch this great country go down the drain because of upside down thinking people.

I represent 705,687 people in western Pennsylvania. I don't know if they are Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian. I don't know what they are. You know what I do know? They are all Americans.

I wish we could hold up the paychecks until this becomes more effective and more efficient and doesn't run $1.7 trillion a year in the red.

Mr. Speaker, in 2011, we came to this House for one reason, and it was a motion to recommit. We recommitted to the people of the United States that we were going to change the way business was done in this town. This motion to recommit is…

Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the motion?

I agree with Mr. Clay, there is an evolving truth as we see in this Administration, as we continue to look at programs that are put into effect and we start to wonder, why did we really do this.

If Medicare Advantage plans don't change benefit packages, the Medicare Advantage cuts are going to result in higher premiums by about $1,800 per beneficiary, voters, by 2017.