the Affordable Care Act will have a dramatic negative effect on businesses.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this motion to instruct. The House needs to conference with the Senate and craft a long-term highway bill. In MAP 21, the Senate bill, there is a provision that was…

I recently conducted a survey on my Web site regarding gas prices because I wanted to hear directly from my constituents how higher gas prices are affecting their lives, and I received over 880 responses. Henry, from Odon, Indiana, told me…

I would argue that what you are trying to make it out to be is not correct, and that even though it appears, whether it is the Republicans in the House, whether Chairman Ryan's budget comes out, what number they come out with, will result…

As an examiner if he would have come in a previous shift and saw that that was improper, he would have reported that up.

I think that some states have done that, and that is, I think, a good idea.

Would you admit that that is a relatively poor indicator of overall employment?

As a cardiothoracic surgeon, I stand here today to voice my concern about the impending cuts to the Medicare program. I implore the Congress to craft a multiyear fix to the SGR-- ideally, a permanent fix. This is a real threat to seniors…

I think all of us would agree that we all want clean water, clean air.

I want to make sure that we have an efficient and effective government, and programs in the government.

We are serving in our oversight role as Congress, getting information... to make sure that the federal government is being effective and efficient.

I think everyone in the room can see today why we are way behind on everything, because the Federal Government doesn't seem to have the ability to prioritize anything.