I grew up in the forties and fifties, and I remember the men and women that came back from the war, some gravely wounded, carrying those wounds the rest of their lives, and some having survived but survived behind enemy lines. This…

That is one of the wonderful things about life. You can come back and do it a second time. In this case we're looking at a situation where in the Clinton balanced budget plan, it led to the longest sustained economic growth in America's…

What happened, if I recall in the 1990s after he said that, the Balanced Budget Act did pass. You were here. I think you were here at the time.

I'm relatively new here, and I don't know everything about the health systems here. But when I signed up, I was given an array of options. I could go to Blue Cross-Blue Shield, or I can get Aetna, or Kaiser. It turns out that Federal…

Twenty-three million jobs were created during that period of time. Excuse me. Do you remember the statistics for the Bush, George W. Bush years?

The gentleman could not be more correct. And those are very, very common. Along the same lines, we often consider America to be the country of entrepreneurs. We know the statistics are clear, the evidence is there, the polling has…

Now, back to the point I was making is that insurance companies discriminate against individuals. We all, if we think about it, know the examples here. I am going to give one. Twenty-three-year- old girl had been insured by the same…

Let me get that straight. Qualified means that you are a citizen or you are legally in the country with the appropriate immigration papers.

Mr. Andrews, I believe that every one of the 433 Members, or 432 who are still here in the House, know the exact same experience. All of us, and virtually every family in America has that experience where they have found one of their…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would like to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from New Jersey who earlier spoke of the truth, what is actually in the bill. One of the things that is not in the bill but is actually a fact is…

As you said at the outset, I was the insurance commissioner in California for 8 years, '91 to '95 and 2003 to 2007. I saw this problem over and over again, where corporations push aside, literally discriminate against people because they…

I want to take up another subject that you broached earlier in the conversation, and that is of seniors. The senior population spent the good part of the summer being totally scared, frightened, purposely so, with a pack of incorrect, or…