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Henry Waxman is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on health care, environmental policy, and consumer protection. During his tenure, Waxman played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a prominent advocate for climate change legislation. He chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on issues such as tobacco regulation and health care reform.
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Democrats want to work with House Republicans to develop bipartisan Federal communications policies to help our economy and the American public and to make sure the FCC is doing its job. But we can't do this when the only proposals that…
We want to hold down the costs in health care for Medicare, itself. The cost of health care is going up for all health care coverage; but Medicare, if it goes up too much, it's a real problem. So in the Affordable Care Act, we try to put…
I yield the gentleman 1 additional minute. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McDERMOTT. I yield to the gentleman from California. {time} 1630
I am pleased at this time to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).
May I inquire how much time each side has remaining in the general debate. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania has 29\3/4\ minutes remaining.
Nobody is going to deny that there is a problem with medical malpractice. The issue is whether the State of Tennessee can adopt a law to solve its own problem the way the State of California has done, the way the other States have acted…
I am pleased at this time to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished Democratic whip, Mr. Hoyer, from the State of Maryland.
I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to my colleague from California, one of the key people in the authorship of the Affordable Care Act, George Miller.
I am pleased to yield to an important member of our committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) for 2 minutes.
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