Are you kidding me? Taking food out of the mouths of hungry children--is that the reason that any of us would come to Congress? But that is exactly what the farm bill that's being considered today does. It takes food out of the mouths of…

Let me just say because it is interesting that the gentleman who was actually protected at the bank went away mad.

Seniors represent the fastest growing segment of our population.

This subcommittee must ensure that our Federal agencies have the capacity to root out fraud where the problems are so clear.

We don't all often feel better because a piece of paper has been added to the stack.

Travel and tourism play a major role in our country's economy, with almost 8 million Americans in jobs tied to the tourism industry.

the blunt and arbitrary cuts of the sequester are now in effect

I was encouraged by what Mr. Dow said earlier about visitors looking for authenticity and wanting to get a real feel of the United States.

middle-class America hasn't seen a raise in a very long time

Some of my Republican colleagues were raging that air traffic was slowed by a so-called political manipulation of the sequester. I joined most of my House colleagues in voting to make a special exception for the FAA because we do want…

I hope in future hearings and other events that we will include testimony and participation from the patient community.

I think that if there is a bias in the situation, you know, as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, my bias has been to involve families.