Trent Franks

I am afraid that as we go forward, we are going to find out that not only is the Affordable Care Act unaffordable, but it is not very caring either.

I think it is important sometimes to try to come back to Earth and ask ourselves what is the overall ultimate overarching goal of healthcare policy.

I still believe that we have great hope, and my judgment is that the American people are a lot more in control of their faculties than some politicians think.

If the Senate in the future can take any bill and strike all of its contents and raise taxes as high as the Affordable Care Act has done--in some cases the people suggested it is the highest tax increase in history--if they can do that…

I appreciate him deeply, and I think that this country will have a better hope and a better future for his having come the way of Washington, D.C.

President Obama's unfaithfulness to the PPACA is so wanton it is no longer accurate to say that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is 'the law of the land.'

I would suggest, Mr. Chairman, that not only in the application of the law has this Administration held themselves unconstrained by the Constitution or even the truth in many cases.

And I think it not only exemplifies what America believes and stands for, but I think, Mr. Chairman, it can have the effect of seeing the light of freedom someday fall across every lonely place, every lonely face on this planet.

I suppose there is no enemy on earth more to be feared than the American military, but there is no friend that can be more capable and more committed than this same group of men and women that I think exemplify everything that America is…

Roofless, homeless, but not hopeless.

The question occurs as to whether or not we will come to the rescue of these children and find our humanity.

My support for the Keep the Promise Act is about protecting the integrity of my State's gaming compact and ultimately the future of gaming in Arizona.

This bill is not about a vendetta. Nor is it about ending gaming in Arizona. It is, very specifically, about ensuring that the limits on casinos specifically promised back in 2002 during debate on Proposition 202 are realized.

To stand by in silence while the most helpless of all children are tortuously and agonizingly dismembered day after day after day, year after year, Mr. Attorney General, is quite honestly a heartless disgrace that really cannot be…

We have to then focus very narrowly on this phrase 'due process,' and that has to be our definitional task.

The hypocrisy of the Administration is profound, in my opinion, on this front.

I am the last one that wants to regulate any industry, but I am the first one that wants to pay attention to our National security.

My concern is if they have credible, scientific bases for being unconcerned or not addressing it as vigorously as some of us think that it should be, then I would adjure them to bring that testimony and that evidence to the rest of us.

For the sake of our children and future generations, I pray it happens exactly that way.

Our first priority should always be National security.

A significant collapse of our grid precipitated by a major natural or manmade EMP event could result in catastrophic civilian casualties.

This constitutes an invitation, in my opinion, on the part of certain enemies of the United States to use the asymmetric capability of EMP against us.

However, our civilian grid, which the Defense Department relies upon for nearly 99 percent of its electricity needs, is completely vulnerable to the same kind of danger.

Thankfully, Mr. Chairman and Members, there is a moment in the life of every problem, when it is big enough to be seen by reasonable people and still small enough to be solved or addressed.

The reality of the potential devastating effects of sufficiently intense electromagnetic pulse on the electronic systems and sources of many of our critical defense and National security components is well-established.