Federal legislation, in fact, should not preempt State laws that address issues those States have encountered with patent trolls.

It is amazing to me to watch the Republicans recklessly play politics with our national security. That is right. Keeping America safe is why we have a Department of Homeland Security. That is what it does. Funding for the Department of…

The Affordable Care Act is working. Here is what I hear: Women can afford to get pregnant because maternity is covered. Parents sleep better because their children are covered up to age 26. People with preexisting conditions are no longer…

Here is what my constituent Laurel wrote me from Wilmette, Illinois: Thank you. I am tired of all this bellyaching about health care, so I want to share our story. We are small business owners and have a very expensive policy for our two…

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, we took important steps on preventive medical coverage for free, and since the law went into effect, approximately 76 million Americans have received no-cost coverage for preventive…

So if the vaccine that we are using now has been viewed as 23 percent effective, and usually in the past it has been 50 to 60 percent effectiveness, are we seeing--maybe it is Dr. Schuchat, are we seeing a commensurate increase in the…

I think it is great that we are having this hearing today because this whole question of vaccines... has really been in the news.

If you thought the 114th Congress would be different, think again. If you thought Republicans were ready to put partisan politics behind them, think again. If you thought they had finally ended their war on women, think again. Last night…

I referred to in my----well, we can call it a rant----the Affordable Care Act made some significant changes that actually has reduced the cost of Medicare.

And we do have an opportunity to end these worries forever.

I am also the co-chair of the Seniors Task Force of the Democratic Caucus, and I am concerned because Medicare beneficiaries currently find themselves in an all-too-familiar situation, worrying that they could lose their doctors if…

I find that repugnant----I am sorry, and my hair is on fire----to say that we should go to the elderly and the disabled in our country.