Chris Murphy

Thank you. We know because we have talked to these families. When they are crying about their loved ones injured in the field of battle or, God forbid, have not come back, there is also a sense from military families that their despair is…

I think I work pretty hard. I get back to the district every minute I can. I see as many people as I am able to. But you don't have to work that hard to hear what the values of the American people are. I mean, you don't have to be…

I think it was a pretty simple formula. It was that we were going to squeeze and squeeze the people who have the least in this society, and that is the hospitals that care for the sick and the uninsured, it is the families that have the…

Even when they did spend money, they spent it in such a ludicrous way as to waste the taxpayers' money on essential programs like the prescription drug benefit. Even when they chose to roll out a brand new and expensive new domestic…

Mr. Ryan, one of the most perplexing bars on that graph is the amount of money that we have borrowed from OPEC nations. You want to talk about why we can't stand across the table from the countries that are pillaging American consumers…

I think what happened here over the last 12 years... a Republican minority now that continues to vastly overestimate the gullibility of the American people.

I wanted to briefly rise for a few minutes... we have been leaving our own borders, leaving our own homeland unsecured.

I would like to think that miracles do happen when it comes to energy policy, but unfortunately, I think that may be a little naive.

The bipartisan spirit preached by the 30-something working group put in practice.

I know that some of this administration are supposedly not great students of history; but if you read of recent Presidencies, you might find out if you tell the truth right off the bat, you get yourself in a lot less trouble than if you…

If you are an average Joe out there, you want to know that if the guy next door to you commits a really bad crime, that he is going to go to jail, no matter who his political friends are, no matter what political connections he has; that…

It was interesting, I got to hear the end of our colleagues' remarks from across this side of the aisle; and one of the things they have asked of this Congress, and you hear it over and over again as we talk about this war in Iraq, is that…

We are all important in our own ways. Government Oversight and Reform, though, that was a committee that was a little sleepy here for the last few years. I have not been here with you for the last few years, but I was a watcher. I think I…

I want to display an important number here: 104. I will tell you why that number matters. That is the hearings on issues related to the Iraq War just this year; 104 different hearings have been held.

I want to thank both sides of the aisle, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Waxman and Mr. Clay, who have done such great work on this issue. They have constructed a bill which will allow the development of these facilities to move forward in an expeditious…

It is not a secret, Mr. Ryan. I am very proud of my Polish heritage. I'm glad that it has come out into the open this afternoon.

I thank Mr. Altmire. Your veterans in your district and veterans across this country have you to thank, along with others, that you helped rally to the cause to make sure that the continuing resolution that we passed here, which is…

I am not sure that I believe the people were Tivo-ing, but if they were, it was only because of your eloquence when you talk about issues like bipartisanship, because you should be right to crow.

As part of the debate on House Resolution 983, I ask unanimous consent that the following statement from Mayor Luke Ravenstahl of Pittsburgh be included in the Record: Bob O'Connor was more than just the Mayor of Pittsburgh. He was our…

Reclaiming my time, that makes sense, because I work with many patients who are disabled, who have literacy problems, and it is important that the medical community works to help those patients. I just want to make sure also the electronic…

I am assuming that is what you meant. It is important that hospitals not see this as something that they, for example, have to constantly rewrite records in ways that would impair understanding between physicians as well. And along those…

Yes. Is it true that municipalities would still have the authority to negotiate franchises with cable operators under this bill? In other words, they still have the authority to negotiate local franchise agreements.

Actually, I think we are out of time, so I yield back the floor here and thank the gentleman for leading this.

But the rest is covered. That is part of the confusion that takes place. We need to make sure that our colleagues and America understands this is a matter of looking at the overall cost of medications for your year, and that is why it is…

And the reason a person wants to compare different plans is to make sure that not only their drug is covered, but different plans may have different costs for those individual drugs. So the person can actually shop around on the Internet…