If I might just interrupt you for a moment, Mr. Sarbanes, this is actually happening, and your piece of legislation will expand what is taking place. I know that in California, the City of Berkeley put this program into effect about 2…

Well, let me give you an example that I know in my own district, the East Bay, Contra Costa County and Alameda County. The community colleges are putting together educational programs for the men and women that will start their own…

Your comment about Chesapeake Bay brought back memories. In the mid-1990s, I was Deputy Secretary at the Department of the Interior during the Clinton period, and during that time there was a major effort under way, What are we going to do…

Thank you. I was just thinking about the legislation that passed before I arrived here, the effort, it was called climate change legislation, but it was far more than that. It really dealt with national security. And that legislation is…

Madam Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 o'clock and 14 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, March 25, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

I doubt that we will be here for a full 60 minutes, but there are some things that we really do need to discuss, particularly following the previous speaker as he talked about the American Recovery Act and the things that have actually…

Mr. Speaker, today, Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to form a more perfect union. By expanding health care coverage to 32 million Americans, we are continuing the proud American tradition of promoting justice, ensuring the…

A moment ago, I asked, Madam Speaker, if we could focus on the issue before us, which is certainly a meritorious issue. But apparently our colleagues from the Republican Party want to debate health care so, okay, guys, let's debate health…

Thank you very much, Representative Watson. It has been a joy to work with you these 35 years and work with you this evening. This is a historic moment. This is something you and I and many others have worked to try to provide health…

Nine years. Okay. We added that one here. Medicare Advantage, we talked about that. The bonus to the insurance companies is gone. And that money is not sent off to some other program, that savings stays in the Medicare program. Reduce…

So we add to the bill that the Medicare trust fund is made solvent for something either 7 to 9 years.

I really want to home in on what you are saying, but let me wrap up the senior part here if I might. Let's be very, very clear about the Medicare program. First of all, the AARP, American Association of Retired Persons, say that this…