The prior speaker's prayers are about to be answered. Mr. Speaker, my State of Kentucky is a national model for how the Affordable Care Act can make our constituents' lives more secure and their businesses stronger. I would like to share…

I applaud all of you for your concern about protecting the health and safety of the horses and the riders, and also the integrity of the sport.

I am just trying to establish this. Because a lot of times in many cases in the commercial world, we have empowered independent agencies to set rules and regulations, and they are totally unaccountable.

I am a little bit concerned about the accountability that USADA might have if empowered under this legislation.

As of last Friday, Kentucky, obviously operating its own Exchange, 48,000 Kentuckians are enrolled in new health insurance.

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act in Congress have spent the past few weeks reveling in the problems of the Federal exchange Web site, healthcare.gov. In my State of Kentucky, where we have created our own exchange, we have had…

Kentucky is doing a great job with our exchange. As of this morning, we have 350,000 people that have explored the Web site.

The idea that somehow this is going to be bad for businesses is not borne out in Kentucky.

I have enormous affection for that region and the people in it.

They are interested in their health and the harm mountaintop removal mining is doing to their families, friends and neighbors.

I know better than anybody perhaps what is like to lose that amount of jobs, but we need a comprehensive solution and we need a bipartisan solution.

if he is actually engaged in a war on coal as it affects coal miners, he is not doing a very good job of it because coal mining employment has actually improved.