For a bill designed to increase efficiency, its formal title sure is long, but the acronym gets straight to the point, just like the legislation itself. Simply put, the IMPROVE Acquisition Act reduces waste, increases efficiency, and…

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the bill's cosponsor, the distinguished gentleman from Utah (Mr. Matheson).

I would like to yield 3 minutes to the bill's sponsor, the distinguished gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Mitchell).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, while there are positive signs of economic recovery around the country, the budget deficit is still an important issue. Therefore, it is appropriate that we continue to forego a…

I just wanted to comment very briefly because my colleagues were asking for basically a freeze on a status quo of the health care that we know today. They spoke of repugnant policies. I want to talk just for a minute about the repugnant…

Sometimes it takes a woman speaking up for other women to make unfair and inappropriate health care practices a thing of the past. Last June, I introduced the Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act, the WOMAN Act, to…

I support the health reform bill that this body will consider tomorrow, yet section 1501 of the Senate bill needs to be modified to ensure that the insurance our brave men and women in uniform have qualifies as ``minimum essential…

I can remember when women couldn't get credit cards in their own names, when drug companies didn't run tests on women, and when women were told that secretarial school was about the only career option they had. Even as recently as a year…

I thank my colleague from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Olympics entertain us, inspire us, and humble us. The athletes who participate are committed to a dream, a dream that we, as spectators, are all privileged to witness. I…

Opponents often cite polls saying the American people don't want Congress to pass health care reform, but I've talked to my constituents and I've listened closely to what they expect from the system. They don't think preexisting conditions…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 239. As Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and as co-Chair of the Women's Caucus Task Force on…

I have no further speakers, but I certainly wanted to say, and I appreciate the wonderful words of my colleague, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, that we are finally having an opportunity to recognize these women in a way that we should have done a long…