Thank you, Dr. Ruiz. I urge Americans to share their stories. I urge them to share the importance of Medicare and how they rely on it. Share the stories about your parents and grandparents. I urge the Members of this body to share their…

Over the past several weeks, I've been talking to my constituents and I've been talking to former patients about the importance of Medicare and how Medicare has impacted their lives, how they've relied on it. As a doctor, I've taken care…

I genuinely appreciate my colleague from the great State of Oregon sharing these stories and the hard work that you've done on this. I know I'm coming up on the end of my time, and I appreciate the opportunity to talk about Medicare as a…

Thank you to my colleague from the great State of Ohio. That's why we are asking folks today to share their stories. We would love to hear your story about how Medicare has affected you or a family member or a friend. Share it on Facebook…

The latest Ryan budget is deja vu all over again, only this time it's worse for our parents and grandparents. It will turn Medicare into a voucher system, and leave millions without the health care they need and deserve. As a doctor, I've…

The U.S.-India relationship is one of the most important partnerships of the 21st century.

STEM education and educating the next generation is probably one of the most important things that we can do as a Nation.

I think the important thing to do is to shine the light on what is working, and when there is data behind the program that actually has dramatic results, then I think more corporations are more likely to want to invest in that.

South Asia become increasingly important and critical to our relationship with South Asia is the U.S. relationship with India.

America's pivot to Asia is critical at this juncture and is really a much needed evolution in our foreign policy.

President Obama remarked that the U.S.-India relationship is one of the most important partnerships of the 21st century.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the residents California's 7th Congressional District.

The levees date from the 1870's when farmers began building nearly 1,100 miles of protection around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

This is a ticking bomb.

Robert Bea, professor of engineering at the University of California-Berkeley, warns in terms of damage, deaths, and long-term costs, a rupture of the delta levees would be far more destructive than what happened in Hurricane Katrina.

A flood in the Sacramento region would be devastating to 1.4 million people who live in our metropolitan area.

We maintain a competitive advantage. As a scientist myself, as someone who spent countless hours in the lab...

Now, to start off with, I would want to make sure we don't give the impression that our scientific community and our research institutions are producing faulty data.

Today, I rise as a doctor to talk about the patients that I've taken care of who have suffered as victims of domestic violence. As doctors, we don't choose to treat one patient or another patient. We choose to take care of every patient…

The American public is tired of the blame game. They want to see real solutions. Irresponsible, across- the-board spending cuts are not a real solution. If we don't act to avoid these spending cuts, we threaten the very safety of our…

Anti-Semitism and hate crimes continue to plague our nation and the world.

I would ask our Committee to look at returning veterans, men and women who have already shown their patriotism to this country.

America's pivot to Asia is critical at this juncture and is a much needed evolution of our foreign policy.

In a few short weeks, we face automatic across-the-board spending cuts. If allowed, they could not only stall our economic recovery; these cuts will immediately threaten the future of our children and grandchildren. If we allow…

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