In 1986 over 66 percent of America's employers provided retiree health insurance. In 2009, that number had collapsed to 29 percent. What the health care bill did was use a tried and true method of setting up a reinsurance program that we…

The horror of Saturday's bloodshed in Arizona, the senseless loss of life, and the cowardly attack on Gabby Giffords has for many Americans raised the question of whether we as a Nation have lost our way. Many wonder, if an act so benign…

Amendment 24, passed by Congress August 27, 1962; ratified January 23, 1964. Section 1: ``The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or…

Despite repeated warnings yesterday from groups as diverse as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Ironworkers, the Laborers, the American Trucking Association, even the Motorcycle Riders of America, Republicans adopted a new rule which…

Thank you, Mr. Yarmuth, and I appreciate the fact that you are putting the spotlight on this issue which is really extraordinary in terms of what's just happened in the last 24 hours. As you know and as Congresswoman Edwards knows, the…

But there's no question that in terms of our own country's history, going back in time, again, even to the beginning of our government, even during the Civil War when the finances of this country were completely going from almost day to…

On April 6, 2008, something happened that has not happened since--the UConn women's basketball team lost a game. That was almost 1,000 days ago; and since that day, the UConn Women Huskies have been on a streak that may not end for a long…

I want to congratulate Mr. Inslee and his leadership on this measure. Madam Speaker, in a few short weeks, according to the latest news from the Pentagon, this tanker contract is expected to be awarded. Again, I don't think anyone can…

One of the ways that Ike Skelton's legacy will be remembered for a long time is with the $15.7 billion authorization for shipbuilding in this legislation, which will continue this country on the path towards a cost-effective goal of 314…

Virginia Judge Henry Hudson's decision 2 days ago striking down one section of the Health Care Reform Act was about a lot less than all the noise in the last 24 hours. Despite the Virginia Attorney General's request, Judge Hudson did not…

Thank goodness the judge had enough common sense not to stop the health care bill's important protections for families and patients that have been implemented since last March, such as age 26 dependent coverage which employers all across…

I want to thank Mr. Pomeroy for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, here is the reality today of rising prices for America's seniors and retired veterans. From October 2009 to October 2010, the following commodities, which consume…

Yesterday U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan placed a call to the principal of the Charles Barnum Elementary School in Groton, Connecticut, to congratulate the school's 100 percent math score and 92 percent reading score in the…

I particularly want to say thank you to Mr. Cummings, who is clearly someone who doesn't come from Connecticut but someone who, because of the mission and the duties of his chairmanship, has taken an extraordinary interest in the Coast…

During the first decade of this century, the Bush economy destroyed the middle class. Today, we are at a point where 72 percent of Social Security retirees have elected early retirement at age 62 because they had no other financial choice…

This past Monday, southeastern Connecticut received blockbuster news when it was announced that Electric Boat will be acquiring 700,000 square feet of office space from Pfizer pharmaceutical company. This is space from which Pfizer was…

Author Michael Kinsley once observed that ``a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.'' The Republican leader, Mr. Boehner, proved this point the other day when he was asked point blank whether he agrees with the Chamber of Commerce…

First of all I want to congratulate Chairman Skelton for the outstanding work that he has performed bringing this bill onto the floor and, in particular, salute the fact that this bill will actually, for the first time since the beginning…

On May 7 United Technologies Corporation, the largest private employer in the State of Connecticut, announced that they were going to take advantage of the health care reform law and extend age 26 coverage to all their employees' families…

On May 7 the largest private employer in the State of Connecticut, United Technologies Corporation, announced a decision to implement dependent coverage up to age 26 for their 30,000 employees and families. They took advantage of an IRS…

On Sunday, February 7, 2010, while a lot of families were returning from church, myself included, an explosion occurred at the Kleen Energy power plant in Middletown, Connecticut, a plant that was under construction--a new natural gas…

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce released figures for March for the sale of single family homes. It increased by 27 percent, the biggest increase since 1963. We are finally starting to see real signs of recovery in the housing…

Vince Lombardi, the legendary NFL coach once said, ``Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.'' That beautiful statement, I think, really describes to a ``T'' the UConn women's basketball team…

It has been 2 days since President Obama signed this bill into law. And after all the overheated, over-the-top rhetoric about government takeover, you would expect that the health insurance industry would have collapsed in the wake of that…

Tonight we are going to answer a question which the tea party on the right to reformers on the left ask constantly, which is, Why can't the American people have access to the same type of benefit that Members of Congress have? It's a good…