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I rise today to talk about men's health and the importance of screening and preventive care. This week is National Men's Health Week, and there is no better way to observe it than to encourage men across America to take control of their…
The committee has provided a number of waivers. I am just not sure what that number is.
I rise today to commend Congress on its successful, pro-growth economic agenda. In the last month alone, the United States economy created 78,000 new jobs. Take the last 2 years into account, and our economy has created more than 3.5…
the smallest State in the Union has now replaced the biggest State in the Union as one of those States in a crisis state in its medical liability insurance. Okay, there may be those in this body who would argue that Texas is no longer the…
I rise this evening to honor 30 years of service by Cobb County history teacher Winfred ``Windy'' Orrell, who is retiring from teaching this Friday, May 20. With admirable dedication, Mr. Orrell served his students not only in the…
it is indeed a coincidence today that Democrats in their one hour special order would be led by a Georgian, my colleague, the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. McKinney), and the Republican hour today would be led by myself, another Georgian…
I rise today in praise of three very impressive schools in my district, Columbus High School, LaGrange High School, and Campbell High School, which were selected by Newsweek magazine among the top high schools in America. To have three…
with the 60th anniversary of World War II on all our minds, I thought it important to pay tribute to the proud veterans of the 11th District of Georgia and, indeed, America for the heroism that they displayed that has made possible the…
I stand corrected in regard to his amendments, but in regard to a number of these other amendments, let me quote from the committee report on page 84. This is the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) speaking. ``This amendment would allow…
I thank the gentlewoman because it is such a good point. The gentleman from Indiana said in his earlier remarks that we have a $10 trillion unfunded liability. That is a big number, but the cost of doing nothing is estimated at $600…
Now, do not ask me to spell that for you. But, Mr. Speaker, absolutely. What the gentleman from Texas, both the gentlemen from Texas, I should say, are absolutely right. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) earlier was talking about the…
if the chairman would yield for a minute, there was certainly an opportunity to meet with those students in Beirut. Actually, they were in a tent city and had been there protesting the Syrian involvement in Lebanon, and they came up to us…
if the chairman would yield, this is such an important point that the chairman is making, and I hope my colleagues are listening because that reaching out, as I have said earlier, that is so important. I do not think anybody could do it…
I thank the gentleman chairman for yielding to me. As he mentioned at the outset of his remarks, I was one of a group of six Members primarily from the Committee on Rules, we affectionately called it CODEL Dreier, and we had an opportunity…
I yield to myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank the gentleman from Wisconsin, distinguished chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, for bringing forth those statistics and that stack of documents that he just went over…
bankruptcy reform is overdue for passage. Despite its critics, S. 256, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, does not exclude anyone from filing for bankruptcy. Instead, it implements a simple means test to…
I would like to modify that request to extend time by one minute on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia?
Not from my time, no, Mr. Speaker. That he be allowed an additional 1 minute. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Beyond the hour available for debate on the rule?
I request that we grant by unanimous consent 30 seconds of my time to the gentleman from Florida. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia? There was no objection.
It is disturbing to me as a physician/Member when I hear the other side in the Social Security debate... why are you Republicans so concerned about Social Security when you are not doing anything about Medicare?
There is no question about how important that is, because, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania pointed out, when you cannot even read the prescription, it is bad enough, but in many instances, a doctor is not going to know. Maybe the…
The point of all of that is that you know with that electronic medical recordkeeping, you can be anywhere in the world literally, a patient, if we have a way with a swipe card or maybe a radio frequency identification card which would look…
The doctor sees a patient maybe a couple of times a year over a long period of time. The chart gets thicker and thicker. Sheets are put in, not tabbed, they are out of order. The doctor may not know even when the patient was last seen if…
the total percentage of nonmandatory spending in this country that goes to health care, Federal dollars is like 45 percent. I remember during the most recent Presidential campaign, I do not know which one of the three debates, I think…
tonight, as part of the Republican Health Care Public Affairs Team, my co-chair, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murphy), and I are here with a couple of our colleagues to talk about, over the next hour, one of the most important…
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