Well, the House Republican budget ends the guarantees we have made to our seniors by turning Medicare beneficiaries over to private insurers.

I am more than willing to roll up my sleeves with you and with HHS to figure out the ways that we can achieve needed savings in our health care spending.

The CDC and the FDA have both made clear, their travel budgets are down compared to those of the second term of the Bush Administration, so the trajectory is correct.

If we want to build a healthier, economically strong America, we must maintain our investment in prevention.

House Republicans have demonstrated their complete disregard and contempt for women's health and the plight of students by forcing a choice between the elimination of funding for the Prevention and Public Health Find or relief for students…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today to oppose the rule and the underlying bill, despite my genuine concern for cybersecurity. I believe that despite some positive changes by the chairman and ranking member it still fails to…

Unfortunately, my amendments, together with all other privacy amendments, will not be considered today. {time} 1300 I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this rule and the underlying bill. We can and we will have the opportunity to…

Let's talk about who wins and loses in the Ryan Republican budget. If you're a millionaire hedge fund manager, this budget is made for you. You get an average tax cut--cut--of $394,000. If you're a senior citizen woman living on a median…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I rise in support of her point of order. All this talk of ``deeming and passing,'' those words mean nothing to the American people, but the vote we are about to take means a lot. What Republicans…

I thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in this debate where so many of our colleagues have come down to the floor to talk about it. This is the richest country in the world, and yet one out of five of our children is…

Today I voted against H.R. 4281, the Surface Transportation Extension Act. I oppose this legislation not because I oppose transportation funding--on the contrary--but because we can and should pass a better-funded and longer-term bill. The…

For too long, women have faced discrimination at the hands of insurance companies who label pregnancy as a preexisting condition and then deny coverage or charge more for it. Erin from Chicago writes: When I found out I was pregnant, I had…