Henry Waxman

I am a proud cosponsor of this legislation, and I strongly support its goal of completely eliminating the cruel and inhumane practice of 'soring' from horse shows.

Let's do something constructive, not just negative attacks against a bill that I think is going to be a Godsend for millions of Americans.

This is more than a broken Web site. This is a broken law.

I was one of those who thought it was a good idea as a part of a proposal that was floating around the halls here in Congress that the President and the cabinet secretaries ought to also be in the marketplace and not have a special Federal…

The bottom line is that people with good coverage, like Medicare, Medicaid, employer coverage, can keep that.

Well, now they're going to have this health security.

So the Affordable Care Act, we're going to end the worst abuses of insurance companies...

They said it would explode the deficit, and yet all the reputable organizations... have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over 10 years.

They said tens of millions will lose their insurance, but, in fact, everybody in this country is going to have access to health insurance.

They said there would be a massive shift to part-time jobs, and the evidence doesn't support that.

They said that the costs for health care would skyrocket, and, in fact, the opposite is true.

I just want to join you in simply explaining that swearing in of a witness before an oversight committee hearing has always been under oath.

Sixty percent of the uninsured individuals shopping in the new marketplaces will be able to get coverage for less than $100 per month.

If we don't enforce this policy, insurance companies can continue offering flimsy coverage that disappears when people actually need it.

Never again will a family be denied coverage because their child has a chronic health condition.

More than 7 million people on Medicare have saved more than $8 billion on their prescription drugs.

The Affordable Care Act is working. It has been improving the health security of millions of Americans for the past 3 years.

It is ironic: Today is the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a terrible tragedy...

Can we get an apology for shutting down the government because people didn't like the health care bill?

Neither you nor anyone else at the table thought or made a recommendation not to go forward on October 1 because you didn't think the system was ready.

They said Medicare would be undermined. In fact, it's stronger than ever, and seniors are saving billions of dollars on prescription drugs.

They said healthcare costs would soar. In fact, they've grown at a record low rate.

They said insurance rates would skyrocket. In fact, they are lower than predicted.

My Republican colleagues have been predicting that healthcare reform would be a disaster for 3 years now, and every time they've been wrong.

Congressman Rush and I have sent around 40 letters to you requesting a hearing on climate change and we haven't gotten any responses.