Pete Stark: “It gave every shyster and promoter a loophole. . . . We now have to keep rewriting the laws like the tax code.”

The 75-year target doesn't bother me much, but I will come back and ask Mr. Herger, he will find out what it is like.

I strongly agree with that and yet, here we are where repealing the ACA without a replacement as the Republicans have already begun to do, would cost roughly $350 billion through 2027.

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.'

Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) should present Congress with an opportunity to set aside our many differences and work together so that women and families across the country can lead safer, healthier, and happier lives…