Long-term outlook remains troubling, of course. We are a few years away from an increase in Federal deficits and debt.

It is my hope that my colleagues across the aisle will recognize these facts and enact the immigration reform we so desperately need.

President Obama inherited an economy in freefall. The country was in the midst of the deepest recession in generations.

To return to where we were and abandon all the progress we have made would be devastating, not just for American families today but for generations to come.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this dangerous effort to block the stream protection rule, a commonsense proposal that has the potential to save lives and will improve the health, outcomes, and well-being of families over time…

In listening to both sides and to Director Hall during this hearing we heard very few ideas for stimulating growth in the economy or specifics about what we would cut or how we would fix some of the mandatory spending programs.

We are going to repeal it; that is first priority and really there are no ideas for replacing it.

So, let me get you to repeat that. We would be talking about $25,000 per insured in deductibles, $50,000 for a family, and elimination of a substantial amount of the coverage that a policy under the Affordable Care Act would provide?

We will hear a lot of ideas today from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

I would wager that at the end of the day, these ideas will also fail to garner the majority of their conference.

we spent a lot of time hearing about the problems with the ACA and very little hearing about the alternatives