I thank Chairman Price for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, this is an important day in the House of Representatives because the House is preparing to send a package directly to the President. There will be no Senate filibuster. We have gotten…

I thank the chairman for the fine work he and his staff have done in negotiating this package. Mr. Speaker, Speaker Ryan has talked about restoring confidence in America, which is something I think we can all agree on. Things we need to do…

I thank Chairman Brady, Chairman Tiberi, Chairman Reichert, Congressman Jason Smith, and others on the committee, as well as staff, for helping make this legislation--finally, this conference report--a reality that will become law. Mr…

We have a very uncompetitive Tax Code.

if we fail to reform our Code appropriately, we will not lead this process, it will be led by others.

I believe you share my concern that these EU state aid cases will lead to retroactive foreign tax increases on U.S. companies.

Treasury might be perceived as speaking or committing to legislative policy recommendations on behalf of Congress without full consultation with Congress.

I just think it is outrageous.

I can't understand, so I ask you this personally, not as a Member of the Administration.

But ultimately, the task of fixing our Tax Code falls on us, specifically on this Subcommittee.

We need a firm commitment that the Administration will work with us getting beyond where we are today.

I think the gentleman really outlined the problem beautifully. I thank him for that analysis.

I thank the gentleman.

I would argue against any time that somehow a bigger stick, swung harder, is going to encourage people to stay.

We need to pick up our pace. And that means we need to move forward with tax reform.

I can assure my colleague that is the intent, and that is to move forward with policy that will help Americans in need.

I think there is a way that this Committee can work to try to take the programs under its jurisdiction to make them more effective to help the people who are truly in need.

I thank the Speaker, and I thank my friend from Texas for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this reconciliation package because it hits right at the financing of ObamaCare. As a physician, I know what the impact of this…

This will then move us in a position of dominating energy strategy globally, putting OPEC and Russia on the defense. They cannot keep up with American energy producers. They don't have the innovation; they don't have the technology; and…

Let's look at the facts. I support this rule and I support the underlying legislation, H.R. 702, which would lift the ban on oil exports for this country. The United States is the only oil-producing country that has a self- imposed ban…

I am pleased to support S. 139, the Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015. This bill will ensure current Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid recipients can maintain those benefits while participating in clinical…

As a newly minted physician fresh out of medical school, I took an oath to protect life. As a cardiovascular surgeon, I worked day and night performing thousands of cardiovascular operations on premature infants, all the way up to the…

To thousands of Americans living with ALS and end-stage Parkinson's disease, the Steve Gleason Act literally means the difference between the ability to speak and silence. I had the great privilege 2 weeks ago to spend about an hour with…

I want to thank all of you for being here today to provide testimony before the Subcommittee. It has been very, very valuable in our efforts to move forward in this TANF reauthorization.

The last thing that should be on their mind are concerns about the VA damaging their credit rating.