"When we have a moment of silence on the floor 99 percent of the time there have been tremendous national coverage on the matter."
"Medicare beneficiaries in California have saved more than 1.2 billion on prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act."
"the expansion of preventive services with no deductible or copay under the Affordable Care Act allowed more than 3.6 million Californians with the Medicare to access preventive care services in 2014 a..."
"the Affordable Care Act has improved millions of lives in my state."
"we have been able to expand Medicaid with over three million Californians having gained access to Medicaid or CHIP since 2013."
"This straightforward proposal will require that every moment of silence carried out on the floor of the House related to a tragedy involving gun violence is followed by a committee hearing on the subj..."
"Think what it must be like now that every time your children leave the school, your spouse leaves for work, you leave the house to go to the grocery store, whatever you do, or to your work, that you m..."
"It is the responsibility of every Member of Congress to discuss the gun violence epidemic, the Zika epidemic, to fix them with legislation..."
"But this resolution alone won't solve the epidemic, but it is a way to start the kind of conversation and examination of gun violence that has been so sadly lacking under this leadership."
"I picked 10 legislative days as a compromise in my mind to while it is still fresh in our minds."
"So, again, we are talking about the most egregious, most heightened instances in the United States where the House of Congress pauses and has a moment of silence."