John Larson

I believe that there are some dangers to our Social Security system, to all of it, but that those dangers have less to do with the fact that we have an aging population which puts more demands on the system and will require some changes…

I was not present for roll call vote 59. If I had been present for this vote, I would have voted: Nay on roll call vote 59.

If the Republicans today repeal the Affordable Care Act and later the Senate repealed the Act, the President is saying he is going to veto it.

Today the economy has experienced significant growth with 58 consecutive months of private sector job gains.

I believe it was Walter Mondale who said, 'Where is the beef? And where is the cheese on top of it?'

But, truly, Mr. Doggett's questions that he posed, in terms of being able to go into the room, being able to take people who have clearance from the staff--I mean these were bipartisanly expressed today.

We want to make sure that there is full and open transparency.

In so many respects, this is like the Superbowl of trade.

We don't want to find ourselves in the situation of the Packers being on the sidelines.

If the President says seven, let's--why aren't we talking seven? Why are you talking 12?

I don't understand why you are going twice the length of what the President is talking about.

I have no further requests for time. Joe Courtney said, ``Don't forget to mention the Patriots,'' so I would be remiss if I didn't.

I think it is both appropriate and right that we codify this and put it into a law. With that, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Connecticut, Joe Courtney, one of the chief sponsors who, along with Elizabeth Esty, helped engineer…

We are especially gratified, though, in a true show of compassionate conservatism that you reached out to the chief fan of the Jersey Cowboys--excuse me--the Dallas Cowboys, Chris Christie, to provide him with both a hug and a sincere…

I want to start off by certainly extending congratulations to Representative Barletta for his persistency in continuing to bring this legislation forward. As he has pointed out, it has been bipartisanly supported, and it deserves passage…

I want to thank the ranking member, and certainly, I want to thank the chairman. I won't take the 2 minutes, but I want to thank them for their incredible cooperation on this most important of issues. Derek Denfeld, from my district, lost…

I think we should, in the basis of thinking about comprehensive tax reform, consider that.

If somebody has a better approach than raising the gas tax, supported by two commissions from the Bush administration, let's hear from them.

I would respectfully suggest that our committee has a unique responsibility.

I also want to acknowledge Aetna today, which in my district is announcing a floor of $16 per hour for its employees, in large part due to the success of the Affordable Care Act and coordinated care and all the innovation technology and…

On January 7, 2015--I was not present for rollcall votes 8-10. If I had been present for these votes, I would have voted: ``aye'' on rollcall vote 8--H.R. 26; ``nay'' on rollcall vote 9--H.R. 37; ``aye'' on rollcall vote 10--H.R. 23…

Because of a technical malfunction, I wish to be recorded as having voted ``no'' on H.R. 5759. ____________________

Here is a program that is providing clean water, that is providing clean air, that is providing wildlife habitat.

The conservation title was escalated, and it was given more importance.

If we act now, we have the chance to make a difference on the land that will last for generations.