John Larson

I think it is safe to say that we are embarking on waters that have been uncharted and that, indeed, this is a historic move on this Committee's part.

Is there a cost benefit analysis to that, in terms of the direct correlation between prevention, wellness, and preventative care, and what the cost savings is, or----

Now, for those, how does this plan envision dealing with catastrophic health occurrences, and catastrophic----

One of the biggest causes of bankruptcy in this country is medical debt.

Usually, when we're talking about portability, we are talking about people moving from one job to another.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We need to change away from fee-for-service payments that was the basis of Medicare.

I think, Dr. Davis, that your study confirms, does it not, the urgency of addressing this issue not next year but this year as President Obama has fortunately indicated he wants to do?

I think that what the economy requires, what the American people demand, is that we move as aggressively as we can to get growth back on track.

I think it masks itself in many respects as opposed to this straightforward leveling with the American people what the sacrifice will be, but also what the benefit of their participation will be in terms of either lowering their payroll…

Thank you, Doctor. I agree with your scientific goals. I hope you are open to achieving some of the economic results downstream on our constituents who will be impacted.

How will China and India in a not so transparent system, and as we look, as some of the questions of Mr. Levin and others have raised with respect to trade, be able to brought along in a system that is not transparent and accountable and…

Fourteen percent of trillions of dollars, that is what would trickle down to the ultimate end user and the person that is going to have to bear the brunt of the price increases that will come?

I have a difficult time explaining to constituents at Augie & Ray's what an 'auction is,' and it will actually take place and who benefits.

I want to thank the witnesses as well. I especially want to say from the outset how we all share the fierce urgency of now with respect to addressing this issue.

I think, Mr. Chairman, as you have done throughout your stellar career, you have outlined from a budgetary perspective the God-awful mess that President Obama has inherited. In fact, this is a cavernous hole that he finds himself in, as…

I thank Representative Shays for yielding. This is a very difficult time for the Meskill family, whose husband, father, grandfather served as Governor of the State of Connecticut, was a judge in the Second Circuit, chief judge from 1991…

Is this the same Prime Minister that also has said that he will grant amnesty to those involved in the insurrection that are killing and mutilating American soldiers?

Are any of those issues going to be brought to the floor? Those recommendations, those outstanding recommendations, will any of them be brought to the floor before we adjourn for elections?

The gentleman from New York started and began this conversation by talking about what has transpired, and the gentleman from Maryland talked about the President and his calling over the last several days, both he and the Secretary of…

The gentleman from Maine who has been to the floor several times to talk about this very subject recently traveled to New Orleans also where he traveled with the Army Corps of Engineers where he saw firsthand what was going on there. As…

That is what the General Accountability Office says as well. The GAO report calls for a new direction in Iraq. The GAO report of July 11 says that the administration's national strategy for victory in Iraq is questionable and victory…

The parallels of history are so important, and to think now as you point out so well that we have nearly abandoned the effort in Afghanistan and find ourselves imperiled in Iraq, much in the same way Russia found itself imperiled in…

Reclaiming my time, when you say ``poppy fields,'' you are referring to drug trafficking, correct?

I profusely thank you and hope you will join us in signing H.J. Resolution 90 that we have put on the floor and we hope to bring to a vote before the 4th of July so that we send a very specific message. I think that is something that…