I want to commend Governor Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Wyman, who have headed that up with Kevin Counihan.

I thank the gentleman from California for organizing this hour, and I appreciate the eloquence of our colleague from New York, both of whom have addressed the most important issue of the day, in fact, the last 8 days, as Mr. Garamendi has…

I want to thank Congressman John Larson and Senators Lieberman and Blumenthal for their tireless support of this critical and important initiative.

I also want to extend an invitation to you and members of the committee to come see vintage baseball.

I can't tell you how important this is to the State of Connecticut.

This was a place in Coltsville, as it is called, where not only did they come up with the concept of the assembly line and interchangeable parts.

You know, the White House isn't willing to negotiate. They're willing to sit down, as the president has said, on any aspect of Obamacare. What they're not willing to do is shut down the government and have a gun pointed to their head and…

That's what had me so angry last night. And that's why -- and I think that's what America feels. They want to see us sitting down together and solving these problems. It's not that difficult.

Do you stand for your country? Or do you want to take it down?

Do you stand with your country? Do you stand for your country? Or do you want to take it down this evening? Stand up for your country. Stand up for America. Stand with us this evening and keep this government going, in the name of fairness.

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, there is only one question before us this evening, and that question has been proffered by so many on the other side of the aisle. That question, as articulated by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr…

On September 10, 2013--I was not present for rollcall votes 450-452 due to a meeting at the White House with Vice President Joe Biden. If I had been present for these votes, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote 450, ``yea'' on…

We have an opportunity to take the very best of public health, the very best of science, technology, and innovation.

The goal here is to repeal. There is no substitute, there is no replacement.

I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan. Most importantly, I'm here today because I want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their embrace of ObamaCare. After 38 attempts to repeal it, we see at least, however…

It isn't just the CEO of Aetna. As I was pointing out earlier, a number of studies, whether they be done by Reuters, whether they be done by Dr. Blumenthal and a number of groups focused on this issue, they all arrive at the same…

The gentleman makes excellent points; and it's a point that underscores that, within this system, as the gentleman points out, we are going to need that high quality of care. But our care coordination problems have been driven by flawed…

I thank the gentleman. I see that our time has expired. I thank the Speaker, and we thank everyone for the opportunity to lay out this case of coordinated care and cooperation, reducing our national debt, and securing Medicare for our…

Well, you know, inefficiencies, as I said, were going to be our focus. Let's talk about that just from a practical standpoint. You say the word ``inefficiency'' and what do people actually think? Think about the last time you were in any…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe I will be joined by my colleague from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), whom I will recognize at the appropriate time. We wanted to make this Special Order this evening about solution- driven legislation and about the need…

Well, it is a global economy, and as I mentioned in my statement, you know, there is a delicate balance of a lot of different factors that contribute to manufacturing in this country.

It is going to depend on how it impacts what we will call the economically recoverable reserve base.

Having traveled home this weekend and listened to so many back in my district concerned about the lack of solutions and the lack of effort on behalf of the United States Congress to get things done, I told them to take heart, that…

the policies that promote domestic development of oil and natural gas including access to offshore federal areas that have been kept off-limits could create 1 million new jobs and generate $127 billion in revenue to the federal government.

Chairman Ryan, Ranking Member Van Hollen and distinguished members of the Committee on the Budget, it is an honor to speak with you today about America's new opportunity--the economic growth and employment being fueled by our country's…