Danny Davis

The courts have traditionally upheld the right of governments to manage and supervise public property as long as there is a rational basis for the rules.

I too want to thank our witnesses for their testimony and for being here.

The very existence of a committee of politicians controlling the city, none of them were elected and it is offensive.

You would say they have basically been cooperative after the initial resistance?

Citizens of a free country should not have to ask for permission to occupy public spaces.

The Federal agencies overseeing the lands and parks have a specific role in insuring that the First Amendment rights are respected and protected.

I encourage those who seek government redress to operate in a peaceful manner.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads, 'Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances.'

I want to thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I rise in support of the extension of this legislative activity, and I want to be associated as closely as possible with the comments made by my colleague from Texas, who seems to have…

Problems are like babies--the more you nurse them the more they grow.

Chicago is somewhat fortunate.

They pinpoint the need for services, but they are so inspirational in terms of their approaches to doing it.

I think the Night Ministry, which I am very familiar with, is one of the most innovative and creative programs I have ever heard about.

I have been totally intrigued by your testimony and I appreciate your level of understanding and recognition of where our country not only is, but where we need to go.

I want to commend Representative Miller for the leadership he has provided as chairman and now ranking member of the Education Committee.

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the rule and to the underlying bill. This rule rejected all attempts to amend the bill, limits the general debate time, and contains…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Wisconsin for yielding. I rise in strong support of her opposition to this amendment. I rise in strong support of the passage of the underlying bill. This resolution fails to recognize that there are…

This weekend I attended a senior citizen party and we had a dance contest, and two people would hold a stick and others would try to go under it. And the disk jockey would ask the question: How low can you go? Can you go to the floor? And…

The mission of the regulatory agency is very important to me, the mission, and the outcome of the decisions that are made.

I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. I rise in opposition to the proposed multistate mortgage settlement currently being negotiated between the country's major mortgage servicers and the State attorney generals. Before…

While our focus today has been on Medicaid fraud, I will just point out that there is also fraud in the private sector, in private health care.

The Affordable Care Act put into place various provisions... to help fight fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.

Thank you very much, Chairman Platts, Chairman Gowdy, Ranking Member Towns, I thank all of you for holding today's hearing.

However, a recent Health and Human Services study noted that 54 percent of the shortages are caused by production and quality problems.

It is hard to believe that this small, but critically important program is of the magnitude to affect the drug market in this way.