Jackie Speier

I was very impressed to hear that the chairman of the full committee now is of the opinion that we should be fixing the Affordable Care Act, not repealing it.

I am sickened by the efforts of some to sabotage this law at every turn.

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land, and there will be no rewrites, no matter how much you would like to rewrite the ending.

How can we explain it to the American people? How can we explain it to the families?

It sounds like this is a gross turf battle that has been going on for a very long period of time.

I am really very saddened by the reports, by the conclusions and by our gross inability to do something that seems so straightforward.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 11, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $500,000)''. Page 11, line 10, after the dollar amount…

I thank the chairman and the ranking member for their unanimous support of this effort and of this particular amendment. Madam Chair, let me just close by saying that the GAO says 20 to 60 percent of these personality disorder designations…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 8, line 11, after the…

Let me just say in closing, we all now recognize 26,000 cases a year of sexual assault and rape. This is not sexual harassment, I might point out; this is unwanted sexual contact. Of those cases, only 3,000 are actually reported. The fear…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, I've got goose bumps that I actually have an amendment that my colleagues on the other side support. I would like to yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $65,000,000) (increased by $65,000,000)''…

To you survivors, you are American heroes, and we owe you a great debt of gratitude...

And thank you both for your service in a department, frankly, that none of us like, right?

If you are really impartial, if you really are the third party, unbiased, then you would be searching for all the terms, not just Tea Party, not just Patriot.

I believe that what we should be doing is looking at where the holes are, in terms of making sure the ACA is effective.

If we are going to conduct this hearing as a witch hunt, then I will object.

I believe that the hub has a bull's eye on it and that the potential for it being hacked is great.

The Affordable Care Act extends health insurance coverage to tens of millions and uninsured and underinsured Americans to help them obtain necessary medical care.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The amount otherwise made available by this…

There should be consequences to not complying with the requirement to reconcile the balances with their trading partners.

I really think that this is pretty outrageous.

But we're more interested in talking about the Atlantic spiny dogfish, or pennycress than dealing with issues around veterans accessing SNAP and whether or not the public has a right to know when we spend $9 billion a year on premium…

We have to look ourselves in the faces and in the mirrors and recognize that only 10 percent of the American people even think we're doing a good job.

Now, at some point, a big company like Boeing needs more than a slap on the hand.