Can you discuss why it's important for families that have children with complex medical needs to have access to both private insurance and Medicaid and how Medicaid coverage has helped Caroline to receive the health services she needs?

2 weeks ago today, I sat down right there on this floor next to John Lewis. Gathered around were House Democrats demanding a simple demand: that we have a vote on two bills that would make our streets safer from gun violence. Last week…

So many families don't even have the safety net of a private insurance and so they are going to the hospitals, to the emergency rooms particularly, costing the system a lot of money--more money than they would cost if they were going to a…

I am so proud to be a co-sponsor of the legislation, and I wanted to thank you, Mr. Chairman and Congresswoman Castor, for your great work on this.

Between the time that 20 little children and 6 teachers were shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the 49 people that were slaughtered in Orlando, we have stood on this floor 27 times for a moment of silence. We send our condolences and…

Over last Father's Day weekend, 13 people were killed with guns in Chicago, my hometown. Another 46 were injured. One of those critically injured was 3-year-old Devon Quinn. Devon and his father were sitting in their green van when someone…

On Monday, the House stood to bow our heads in a moment of silence for gun violence on the House floor for the 27th time since the horrific shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary; this time, for the unspeakable murders that took…

Well, I hope that bottom line isn't that we have to look at the bottom line of for-profit companies to figure out whether we are going to protect the health of this planet.

If this is a worldwide public health issue and the reason that we cannot make progress is because--as have been called--our industry partners are unwilling to do that because there is not enough money, then it seems to me exactly the space…

All I really need is the time to say this: We should now be ending this dangerous and unjustifiable witch hunt. It is time to say ``no'' to this panel, and it is time to say ``no'' to the previous question so that we can finally have a…

Implementing a 5:1 band, age differential, would increase total Federal spending by $9.3 billion.

I am particularly concerned about the impact a 5:1 age rating policy could have on older Americans and on the marketplaces in general.