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…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Given the unemployment crisis that does in fact exist in our country, and given the great needs that exist for people to feel a sense of comfort and security, given the fact that older Americans…

I submit for your consideration opposition to drug testing and screening of unemployment insurance recipients and applicants as proposed in H.R. 3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011. Never before has there been a…

Let me thank you for your comments. Actually, I am at the end of my comments, and I would yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair thanks the gentleman for his creativity. Does any other Member wish to be heard…

In order to qualify as a question of the privileges of the House under rule IX, the resolution must address ``the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings.'' The resolution I offer seeks…

It is my position and my belief that the Republican proposal tarnishes the legislative process by making substantial permanent changes to Federal unemployment benefits, and that, when passed--if passed--that the country will have…

Let me thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding, but I also want to commend him for his many years of excellent service to this body that we know as the United States House of Representatives. And I want to commend him for the…

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…

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

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

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.

On Monday, November 28, 2011, the City of Chicago laid to rest the wife of Chicago's longest serving mayor, Mayor Richard M. Daley. While Maggie Daley was known as the mayor's wife, she was, indeed, a well-known, well-liked and revered…

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

As a member that represents over a dozen safety net hospitals in the 340(b) drug discount program, I am extremely concerned about the unsubstantiated suggestions linking 340(b) and drug shortages.

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

The drug shortage is a major concern to me, as it should be to all who serve in this body.

A balanced budget amendment to the Constitution represents bad economics and bad social policy. The ability to borrow to help our States and citizens is a critical tool to aid our Nation during economic crisis. One of the most egregious…

I understand you just cannot get blood out of a turnip.

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio not only for yielding, but for convening this discussion this evening. I was speaking to a group of young people a couple of days ago, and they wanted to know why did we think this whole question of voter…

For many years, I have been an avid supporter and advocate of a national health plan.

I always say, you can't lead where you don't go.

I was delighted because it has provided various pathways to accessible health care for the masses.

I want to thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding me this time. I also want to commend and congratulate Representative Corrine Brown for her introduction of this legislation and for the tremendous work that she did to get it to the…

For a number of years now, Senator Harkin and I have been working very hard trying to get something passed called Community Choice, which would allow these individuals to live at home and still get the nursing care or the medical care they…