Anna Eshoo

The Affordable Care Act in its promise which has been kept so far is that no one can take it away from you.

I can buy an insurance policy across State lines today.

You accept that it is a mandate or is it voluntary?

the results in coverage are essentially being taken away from these people, so this is subtraction.

My takeaway on the three bills here is that they, all three of them, change Medicaid eligibility requirements.

I rise this afternoon really with a very, very sad and heavy heart. I don't know anyone in our country who watched what took place across the country who wasn't dismayed, who wasn't heartbroken, who wasn't confused. And as my constituents…

I think it is about elimination, subtraction and I don't----

I thank our wonderful colleague from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for yielding to me. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying legislation, and I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that this…

I am really not joking. I mean, it is a little bit of fun, but, you know.

I think we need a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval on this, and I think that--and my bill called for NIST to set the standards, not the Congress, because we really don't know anything about that.

this is an issue that should be included in national infrastructure legislation, because this is part of our national infrastructure.

I would rather think about it now, even if you say you don't want this.

Our country deserves much better.

The risks are too great and the stakes are too high.

First of all, I want to express our collective thanks from this side of the aisle to you for responding to our request to have this hearing.

I thank the gentleman from New York, my good friend, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant opposition not to the legislation-- because I am a cosponsor of it and I think it is a very good bill and I think it is an important…

I understand everybody will say here, even if they disagree with each other, that they are all reasonable, so be specific.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses.

I think it is unfortunate that there was a carve-out for debt collection from the Federal Government or its contractor recently in the Budget Reconciliation Act.

There is no silver bullet to solve the problem of unwanted calls, but if there are legislative changes that will protect our constituents, we owe it to them to make every effort to mitigate the problem.

I want to thank my colleagues on the Democratic side for requesting this hearing and for all of our members for the commitment to a productive conversation about modernizing an outdated law.

I hope the momentum from our accomplishment yesterday can carry on through our efforts today to work towards the shared goal of protecting consumers from illegal phone calls.

We can help you with that.

Well, it is excessive.

There is one issue that I hear consistently about from my constituents, and that is the need to put an end to unwanted phone calls.