I echo my support, and I enjoy working with my friend, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney). Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment…

I had the opportunity to visit the Center, and the building that I got to go visit was full of men and women who show up every day, who do exceptional work dealing with the disturbing issues, and so my hat is off to them. They deal with…

I am surprised that my friends on the other side are defending the ObamaCare age tax, which is a tax on young people. I am the right demographic for it. This is how it works: people from age 26 to 34 pay more so people from age 50 to 64…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, what I want to talk about is what is underlying in this bill in the traditional reform in Medicaid. Medicaid currently costs State and Federal Governments $600 billion. It is estimated in 10…

About 7 years ago, I was on the floor talking on the Affordable Care Act. And I remember talking about, I had just left the State Senate, and bringing up that my colleagues are in Frankfort and they are doing work on the budget; and, in…

Republicans and Democrats on both sides of the aisle have worked hard in recent years, particularly in the ESSA that we passed to make sure that we have local control of education, the idea that reforms that State and education local…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Tonight, millions of Americans, including myself, will tune in to the College Football Playoff National Championship between the University of Alabama and Clemson University. As with any college or…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, all of us have families who come to our offices, and they are advocating for research or for cures for diseases to which they have lost a parent or a child, or they have their children with…

Again, I encourage support of the bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

I encourage the adoption of this bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

I just want to commend my friend from Pennsylvania who has spent so much effort on this. We had testimony in the Energy and Commerce Committee, families coming before us who were in situations that are difficult and gives them the…

On rollcall No. 484, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' amendment no. 4 offered by ms. jackson lee The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered…