But it is really wrong, I think, to put out information that really causes older Americans who are so dependent on Medicare, and that is most of the people on Medicare that really rely on it for most of their health care even if they have…

I think it's really important at this point to just mention some of the things that do happen as soon as the bill passes. A lot of people, one of the things that the Republicans have been saying about this legislation is that, Well, you…

the proposal that was laid out by Representative Paul Ryan, the top Republican on the House Budget Committee, he laid out what he called the roadmap that would actually end Medicare for you as an individual.

Let's talk a little bit more about that, about why it is that the insurance industry would be against this bill. Because you could say, Well, 30 million more people are going to go into the insurance market. Why wouldn't they want more…

Where people in the first few months of the year have great expenses on health care and suddenly they find that they're not going to be able to be insured any more.

I'm so happy to be here tonight, particularly after I have heard what my colleagues had to say. One of them said, Our people need to hear the truth about the health care legislation. That's exactly what we're going to talk about tonight…

The utter hypocrisy of the debate about process is absolutely astonishing. I just learned that Speaker Hastert used the technique of a self-executing rule 113 times. Then we hear the Republicans attack reconciliation--which really means a…

Monday marked the kickoff of Women's History Month, and in celebration, every day of this month the House will be opened by a woman Member. As co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues, I am honored to be a part of the largest…

I am proud to support this legislation because it will provide the men and women of our intelligence community with the tools they need to protect the Nation while implementing vital provisions to promote accountability and oversight. As…

I feel like all of the testimony that we have heard has reinforced this idea that this is something that we can change, that we are bringing this on ourselves, that our industry will survive, that with better health practices and limited…

Of the estimated 1.4 million people infected with salmonella each year, about one in five cases is resistant to antibiotics.

This bill would require the FDA to end the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock--a practice that is contributing to increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant diseases.