Peter Roskam

Mr. Cosgrove, in your testimony before the Government Reform Committee in July, and again before us today, you note that CMS enacted a demonstration that was seven times larger than any since 1995.

President Obama during the large discussions around the passage of the new health care law made much of the argument that if you like your plan you are going to be able to keep it.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Yes, there is every intention to move forward on that which the gentleman and the majority leader have been working so cooperatively on, and there is an expectation that that will be done before the…

I don't have information to announce at this point in terms of the timing. I have a high level of confidence that no one is going to be going home for very long absent a remedy and a joint response on all of our parts.

Well, as the gentleman knows, making things permanent in this arena with this conundrum of rules and limitations--and limitations particularly in the other body--make that difficult. I, speaking on behalf of myself, think that that rate at…

I thank my friend for yielding. As the gentleman knows, the farm bill has created a lot of concern on our side of the aisle. It's my understanding that there is concern on the gentleman's side of the aisle. Your ranking member supports the…

As the gentleman knows, the 2001 and the 2003 tax rates have been well vetted and well discussed. They're not news or breaking ground in any way, shape, or form. So my understanding is that the current thinking is to bring those directly…

I think encouraging Russia to integrate into the global economy, to play by international rules, to encourage the emergence of rule of law in Russia is a very smart strategic investment for the United States.

There is an unbelievable opportunity that we have as a Committee, the committee of jurisdiction over a Tax Code that is wildly unpopular.

This Committee and this Congress in the coming months are going to have decisions to make as it relates to the extension of the 2001 and the 2003 tax cuts and those rates.

The Democratic leader of the House, when she was the speaker, sort of famously now prophesied that we had to pass the bill in order to see what was in it.

We represent only about 1 percent of the universe of all small businesses in the U.S.

We are taking them to court. They have a very close service market.

I'll be honest. With many of our small businesses, the best advice we tell them, you be very careful about going to a country like China.

Is the uncertainty about the future of the Tax Code government programs and so forth a negative for growth? I think it is.

I am deeply grateful for the leadership of Chairman Tiberi and Congressman McDermott, the lead sponsors of ASRA.

But it seems to me that we are really dealing with a nation, China, that from an economic point of view, is predatory and they are operating in their interests.

I will graciously reclaim my time. Furthermore, they are doing it in an orderly basis; that is, amending the Constitution forthrightly and directly. I think, in closing, Mr. Speaker, my hat is off to the gentleman from Maryland who, no…

I don't think it is true.

So when the gentleman from Wisconsin said that there is a proposal that is out there by the majority on this committee that ends Medicare, in fact, Medicare as we know it will end in 2024 absent some change in policy or some change in…

Absent some change in the program, your prediction is that that is where our Nation will be in 2024, that is right?

So that cut, just so I am clear, is not a hypothetical cut. It is not a hypothetical delay.

Your report shows that Medicare will now be bankrupt in 2024. Americans would then be forced to either endure a massive tax hike or an immediate 17 percent reduction in expenditures.

By direction of the Republican Conference, I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 202 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is…

Illinois just raised its taxes, right? So the individual rate went from 3 to 5 percent, a 67 percent increase.