Pete Stark: “Institute of Medicine studies have shown that components of marijuana relieve symptoms associated with terrible diseases…”

the Congressional Budget Office estimates that repealing the major coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act will terminate coverage for--sorry, not 30, but 32 million people.

I would first of all like to try to make it the protocol in this committee--I am not succeeding too well--that we strike from our lexicon the word 'disability.'

I strongly oppose these budget cuts which are kind of like the cable company starting to bill you for a service while you are at home waiting for them to show up and connect it.

The Republicans want to kill Social Security and Medicare and turn them into voucher systems.