Chris Murphy

According to probably the most comprehensive FDA study that we have, the leading cause of these drug shortages are quality problems during manufacturing.

I think it is probably a good idea for all of us to step back and wonder whether we should be crowing about the fact that an Internet vote leads us to this debate today.

We could have been having a conversation about how we specifically take on the issue of forced abortion in China.

It saddens me to know that we have now sort of devolved into a government that legislates by Internet voting.

The fact is, is that this country has a long history of combating irresponsible and reprehensible policies...

It strikes me, frankly, that this amendment is part of an assault that we have seen in this Congress on family planning and contraception.

Now, I will certainly sell someone the Brooklyn Bridge if they believe that, by withdrawing funds from UNFPA...

There is not a single person on this panel that doesn't abhor and oppose the forced abortion policies...

This amendment, which has as its genesis, the legislation offered by Carolyn Maloney, would encourage companies, through the State Department, to post on their Web site their policies for preventing forced labor, slavery, and human…

This bill, at its foundation, has the idea that our Government and our State Department can do so much more to try to prevent the child trafficking and forced labor.

If there is any way that we could get funding directly to the Tribes without going through all the other branches I think that we would have a better and safer place to live within our reservations and also create more jobs within our…

I want to thank you, Senator, for paving the way for jobs and safety for Native communities.

I would like to yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush).

Medicare was conceived in part because those people who are 65 and 66 just didn't have a private market, didn't have a place to go to that could adequately insure someone that is likely going to be more sick.

The Republican budget, which dramatically changes the Medicare program, and admittedly certainly takes cost out of it, but takes cost out of it by shifting the burden onto individuals, tripling the amount of out-of-pocket costs for senior…

I think it's appropriate, because what the subject of today's hearing is really about is who has the burden of making proposals to try to reform our Medicare program going forward.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Vermont is a beautiful place. So is Connecticut.

Since the Affordable Care Act has been passed more people are signing up for Medicare Advantage, and it is costing people less.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I think we need to tone down the level of rhetoric here when we're talking about an Executive order that simply asks individual agencies to consider PLAs when appropriate.

You said in your testimony that you are not here out of an anti-union bias, that this isn't about union; this is about the best use of taxpayer dollars.

So I hear a lot of talk from my Republican friends and from my conservative friends about how the government should run more like a business.

Just to clarify, the individual decisions about how bids are structured is up to individual agencies; is that correct?

I hope in the future that, though committee is certainly going to be used occasionally to advance the political imperatives of the majority party, that the other side gets a chance to put their best evidence on.

I think we've gone too far here, I think, in violating House rules, in violating basic concepts of fairness.