Henry Waxman

I don't think that EPA was totally straightforward with the American people on that issue.

I am genuinely concerned about this for a lot of different reasons.

I think to deter cyber criminals, we need to have a really well-coordinated, comprehensive effort that is going to promote R&D, consumer education, supply chain integrity and information and yet ensure at the same time that we speak to…

It is important that we understand the government perspective.

The way to hold down cost is to try to reform the way health care is delivered. Medicare tries to do that. If we don't do it that way, the Republicans would say that private insurance will be able to control it because that's all people…

I'd like to yield 1 additional minute to the gentleman and ask him to yield to me.

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.

I am pleased at this time to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished Democratic whip, Mr. Hoyer, from the State of Maryland.

At this time I'd yield 5 of our 36 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Braley).

May I inquire how much time each side has. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The gentleman from California has 36 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania has 44 minutes remaining.

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'm always amused when I hear people talk about government interference in our lives. If people think Medicare is an unjust government interference in their lives, they can forgo their Medicare, but I don't know too many people who would…

I am pleased to yield to an important member of our committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) for 2 minutes.

I am pleased at this time to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished ranking member and soon-to-be chairman of the Health Subcommittee, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).

I would like to thank my colleague, Congressman John Lewis, for his steadfast efforts to press for action on this issue.

The committee passed the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which I introduced, to make sure NHTSA has the expertise to keep pace with emerging technologies.

There is no Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act benefits. They offer only repeal.

Thirty million Americans would be covered under the Affordable Care Act who are not now covered, and I assume that they will go without coverage if the act is repealed?

The Republican budget would repeal the important Affordable Care Act provisions that expand health care coverage and prevent the worst abuses performed by the insurance industry.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, over 100 million Americans no longer have to worry about their coverage being revoked.

We are living up to the promises of this law.

The Affordable Care Act is giving vital benefits for millions of Americans.

The industry and Alberta government talk a good game but this is a classic example of greenwashing.

The reality is that the carbon pollution from tar sands is growing very rapidly and the Alberta government is not willing to put the policies in place that would be necessary to change that.