Larry Bucshon

the largest single contributor to the 2010 electoral campaign was actually SEIU, AFL-CIO. They boast about how much they contribute.

the rescinding of the changes that were put into place for transparency reasons, does it--will it hamper the ability of us to determine where political donations have been made by union organizations?

the policies that are currently in place and the ongoing policy positions, specifically related to regulations that we currently have in regards to the administration, are detrimental to job creation.

Ninety-nine percent of the funds go to Democratic candidates, who are in favor of bills such as the Employee Free Choice Act, the Paycheck Fairness Act, the cap-and-trade energy tax, the new Obama health care law--all of which reduce jobs…

my major focus in the Congress is job creation

The number one issue in America was: How do we control the cost of care?

This bill did increase access to a program that has already failed, which is the Medicaid system.

There is a huge cost for defensive medicine in this nation.

A 2,500-page bill got written. And you could do two-thirds of it with two paragraphs.

The cost of private health insurance has gone up so rapidly in this country, is the cost shifting.

We had a group of people who did not have access to affordable insurance coverage in this country.

the Environmental Protection Agency is not the avenue for the government to address these issues.

should the Federal Government, through an agency like the EPA, be telling our children these things?

I guess my definition of fairness isn't the same as was previously described when 45 percent of the American people don't pay any income tax at all.

I totally agree. We recycle everything. We want to do that. We want a clean environment for our children and grandchildren.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about how ObamaCare will hurt my State and ultimately hurt my patients. And I would like to start with an example of the Medicaid program. As a cardiothoracic surgeon in Evansville, Indiana, I see a lot of…

what are we planning on doing to reimburse businesses when this is, again, another indication of retroactive, I think, policymaking through regulation

I have not heard from one constituent, not one, that what EPA is currently doing with the Clean Water Act is helping create jobs

how come in the original permitting process that the EPA didn't identify the waterway issue up front before the company investing $250 million in the business?

I rise today in support of H. Res. 72, and I'm speaking about the egregious overregulation by the current administration. One specific instance I would like to bring up to the floor occurred with Spruce Number One surface mine in southern…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of our Nation's 40th President. Today, we honor Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. This is the People's House, and Ronald Reagan was the people's…

the expansion of the Medicaid program, if 100 percent of the people sign up, may cost the State as much as $3.6 billion.

if you don't have anybody to take care of you or that will accept what you have, then that doesn't really help you very much.

the Medicaid programs in many States already are severely strapped for funds.

emergency rooms already are overcrowded with long wait times.