The gentleman is correct on that. I was just looking at some statistics here a moment ago about the shifting of cost. Under the Affordable Care Act, there are many, many benefits for Medicare. Leaving aside the Medicaid population for a…

There are so many pieces to this healthcare system. One thing that I want to put on the table here from my experience as insurance commissioner in California is that there are two fundamental parts to the healthcare system in the United…

Mr. Scott, thank you so very much. You bring to this discussion a very important perspective as the ranking member of the Education and the Workforce Committee. You have that perspective of understanding the effect of this legislation on…

I rise this evening to cover several very, very important points. Tomorrow is International Women's Day, and I was going to talk about the role of women in our society, talk about my five daughters and what they have been doing in their…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) for expressing Virginia's view. From California, it is, whoa, wait a minute, let's be careful. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

That is exactly right, and I see that in my district. I have a large rural district in California. And, even today, there are areas where it is difficult to find a physician to get medical services. This is one of the things, as you so…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) for joining us this evening. This is a fundamental part of American life, that is, our health care. It is about 18 percent of the total GDP, gross domestic product. It is extremely important…

The gentleman from Virginia is absolutely correct about that. Unfortunately, my understanding is that as early as tomorrow--that would be Wednesday--that the committees intend to mark up the legislation. Normally, that means the version of…

I welcome Mr. Raskin and others who spoke before me as they consumed their Special Order hour in a very unique way, which is not often seen here on the floor, and that is a colloquy between our Republican freshmen and Democratic freshmen…

Those are wonderful comments, and I am sure they are going to last through the entire 115th Congress because our colleague from Kentucky would like to echo many of those. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the State of Kentucky…

I see a couple of my colleagues have arrived and would like to speak, so I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin). Commitment to Civility

Mr. Panetta, thank you so very much for joining us this evening. Thank you for your statement of your life and your family's work. We know your father. Leon has been a dear friend of mine and most of us here in the House. You're going to…