Just yesterday women in private health insurance plans became eligible for life-saving, preventive health screenings with no copays.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also thank him for his legislation on the floor today, to strengthen the backbone of our democracy, the great American middle class. Today we can do just that by passing President Obama's middle-income…

Experts from the Government Accountability Office, the Inspector General's office, and the National Taxpayer Advocate have reviewed IRS's efforts to date, and they have concluded that the IRS is on the right track to successfully…

It is time to accept the Affordable Care Act, to accept the Supreme Court decision, and to accept the billions of dollars in savings this law will bring to our citizens.

we have to pass the bill to see what is in it.

In addition, our constituents are already seeing how the Affordable Care Act is putting money back in their pockets.

Since ACA enactment, the IRS has been working through the major challenges, making significant progress.

The Affordable Care Act also has begun to ensure that seniors like my mother, who is 86 years old, have access to preventive care.

I thank Mr. Perlmutter for yielding, and I'm very sad to join my colleagues in expressing the deepest sympathies of the House of Representatives to the families and loved ones of the victims in Aurora, Colorado, and to the entire community…

we have to pass it to find out what is in it.

we are going to have to pass this bill in order to find out what is in it.

I want to join my colleague, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, in acknowledging that this weekend we will begin the International AIDS Conference, which will come to America with a fitting theme: ``Turning the Tide Together.'' It has a long…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, more than 2 years ago, we put forth a vision for America's middle class to ensure health care would be not a privilege for a few but a right for all Americans. Today and yesterday--for the…

It's not a -- it's a penalty for free riders.

It's not a tax on revenue. It's a tax -- it's a penalty for free riders.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his extraordinary patriotism, for his commitment to upholding our oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution, and for recognizing full well the congressional role of…

That means that children with pre-existing conditions can -- can get care, young people can stay on their parents' policy until they're 26.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. In the political life that we have here and our service to the American people, I take great pride in always saying, when somebody says to me, Were you surprised when somebody did this, that, or this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership year in and year out to clarify what our mission is and to make sure that we honor our troops--and ``honor them'' means not having them stay in harm's way any longer…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his leadership on this important issue, not only as this legislation comes to the floor, but for the past couple of decades on the subject. I commend the maker of our motion to accept the…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to call to the attention of all of our colleagues and those who follow the work of Congress the extraordinary contribution that Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen has made to this debate. He…

Continuing their all-out assault on women's health.

A continuation of their assault on women's health.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his leadership in presenting a commonsense piece of legislation to ensure that the interest on student loans is not doubled in July, and to pay for that by cutting the subsidies to Big…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for giving us this opportunity to talk about a choice we have here today. Everybody knows that what is essential to a democracy is the education of our children, of investments in the future so that…