I don't think I look much like Bill Murray, or have his wit, but I sure feel like him in his role in ``Groundhog Day.'' There are pressing issues facing our country--mainly the need to get our economy back on track and start creating jobs…

we are not being asked to contribute anything to pay for that war. Lower income people maybe are.

$8.6 trillion. Do you have any idea what the two wars we are fighting and not paying for costs over the same period of time?

Thank you for holding this hearing and thank our witnesses for their service.

Without the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance trust fund would expire eight years earlier, in 2016.

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

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.

Social Security has been there for Americans for 77 years. I hope we can continue to work to make it strong for another 77 years.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 436, one more piece of Republican legislation that protects special interests at the expense of working with families. This is just another message in an attempt to…

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…

The legislation we are considering today is quite possibly the moral low-point of this House Republican Majority. Not only does it negate a law that was agreed to just last year to cut the deficit, it makes unconscionable cuts to safety…

I am going to go on record again making clear the strong opposition that Democrats have to the House Republican proposal.