Thank you, Representative Watson, for making it so personal to your district. The same savings are to be found in every one of our districts. We have different percentages of seniors in our districts, but the fact is that there are very…

I might add that between now and 2018, some of us are going to be around here, and we are going to give the Federal Government the power to negotiate drug prices. We are not there today. It is one of the things that is missing in this…

Thank you, Mr. Ryan. One of the things that we have heard all day is about Medicare cuts, somehow the Medicare system is going to be cut. I would like to get into that a little bit because this bill specifically helps Medicare. We have…

Representative Tonko and Representative Ryan, both of you have spoken to the American economy in Youngstown and the effect that 30 years of recession has had on that town. One of the fundamental problems in the American economy is the…

Representative Watson, thank you so very much. I am appalled and personally offended and I think all owe an apology to those Representatives who were demeaned, who were spat upon, who were cursed, and who were called the ugliest of names…

Thank you. We've discussed here the issue of bankruptcy, and I got a call from my daughter this afternoon. She said, Dad, thank God I'm a nurse and I have insurance. Matteo's arm, which was badly broken and required surgery, will probably…

And we should also remember in that competition model, we will be creating exchanges in which insurance companies will be there, they'll have to compete, and they'll compete on a standard policy. Let me now call on our colleague from Ohio…

It's interesting to observe the effect of that. This is Blue Cross of California. Two years ago, their profit was almost $300 million. The effect of those rate increases--the first rate increase, not the second one, but the first one which…

Mr. Tonko, thank you very much. You raised the issue of the insurance companies and how they act in the marketplace. I was insurance commissioner in California 1991 to 1995 and again 2003 to 2007, and I can tell you horror stories about…

Mr. Speaker, I request that we enter into a colloquy with our colleagues from the Democratic side. Earlier today, I had the opportunity to exit the Chamber and go out to the veranda overlooking the east lawn of the Capitol, and there were…

By the way, there are about a million and a half veterans out there that will be able to get medical insurance through the various programs that are created by this legislation. They presently are not in the Veterans Administration process…

I have the great privilege and honor of representing Travis Air Force Base and the more than 20,000 active service men and women on that base. Their mission is one of supplying the necessary equipment and armaments and food and other…