John Garamendi

Representative Capps, thank you for your words. As you were talking, you were talking about families. I remember a discussion you and I had just a couple hours ago as we were sitting here in the Chamber and you told me about the birth of…

Thank you very much, Mr. Clarke. Your concern about the economy of Detroit and, in a larger sense, the economy of the United States is very, very well founded. There is no doubt that the economic and social strength of America is the…

Absolutely correct, and I thank you so very much for your participation tonight in honoring and congratulating President Obama and the special operations and the American intelligence community for what they were able to accomplish…

So what we have here is another way in which the American Armed Forces, in the many different ways, in the case that you talked about, the role of the Special Forces, the special operations, and the SEALs that actually participated…

Thank you very much, Representative Davis. I share your enthusiasm. Not too long ago, I also represented San Diego but in a different role, not as a Representative but as Lieutenant Governor. Indeed, Coronado is an extraordinary place, and…

A point of order. The Acting CHAIR. All Members are reminded to address their remarks to the Chair.

My Republican colleagues have done everything they can to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, which had insurance reform in it. Without the insurance reform, which clearly they want to do away with, you are throwing senior citizens to…

Let me thank my colleague from Vermont, Peter Welch, for this presentation on the tax policy. I think we probably would want to stay with that a few moments. I know my colleague from New York (Mr. Tonko) is here, and perhaps you would like…

If America is going to make it, we have to make it in America. Once again, manufacturing matters. The problem with the Republican budget is it hollows out, continues the hollowing out of American industry by denying the research, reducing…

Thank you very much, Mr. Ryan. I will first yield to the gentleman from Colorado, and then we are going to wrap this thing up, and I want to wrap it up on one of our major themes, that's rebuilding the great American manufacturing sector.

I would love to see what that message is. I think we got some sense of it earlier in the day. And I suspect it speaks to the issue of the continuing resolution, and it is the effectuation of the promise he made earlier in the day that…

I don't think so. It seems to me to be the path to poverty for seniors. And it goes way, way beyond that. Our colleague from Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, has joined us. Ms. Lee, if you would care to comment. I know this is an issue you are…

Game's over. You can put that RIP back up. Mr. DeFAZIO. If I could, just one other point.

Of course. Mr. DeFAZIO. We are not going to do anything about the costs of medical care or the premiums charged or the egregious practices of the insurance industry. We are just going to shift the costs onto future seniors. Many of these…

I see. So we are shifting the costs to the seniors; right? Mr. DeFAZIO. Right. If the gentleman would yield.

If the Republican proposal goes forward, seniors will wind up paying how much? Mr. DeFAZIO. Sixty-eight percent of their health care costs. {time} 1530

Thank you very much, Mr. DeFazio. I heard you toss out two numbers. One number was the amount of medical, the percentage of the costs of medical care that seniors now pay. Did you say 28 percent? Mr. DeFAZIO. It's about 25 percent on…

Your kind words are much appreciated. But you are very much a part of this. This logo itself and the theme Make It In America was one that you developed. And we appreciate that and value the leadership that you have put into this. I want…

There's a piece of legislation that someone introduced that's called Don't Let American Jobs Go Down the Drain. Do you know who that was who introduced that piece of legislation?

Our Republican colleagues have consistently said we ought to listen. And apparently all that we know about tax policy, there's little or no support for reducing the taxes on the super wealthy but rather they go the other way. And we're…

The Republican budget proposal put out yesterday calls for a tax decrease for that 0.1 percent from 35 percent to 25 percent.

In the Republican continuing resolution, H.R. 1, they reduce the research budget for energy research here in America, cutting out vital research at the Department of Energy, at the laboratories across this Nation. And what are they…

We have to invest in our waterways and the maintenance of them to make sure that we can compete.

Maintaining the Mississippi River will lower shipping costs, allowing U.S. growers, producers, and manufacturers to compete.

If America is going to continue to be a leader in the global economy, then we must act like economic leaders.