Madam Speaker, Thank you, Chairman Waxman, Chairman Pallone, Representative Burgess, and Ranking Member Barton. I'd like to thank Senators Bayh and Collins for their leadership on this bill, the Senate companion to H.R. 4689 which I…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3828) to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act. The Clerk read the title…

I rise in support of this legislation to make corrections to the bill that the House just passed. The corrections are technical in nature, and once this bill passes, the House will send to the President landmark legislation to update our…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. This bill has been several years in the making. It's going to have a transformative effect on the lives of the deaf and the blind in our country, and ultimately in the world, because the…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on S. 3304. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by commending subcommittee Chairman Boucher for his incredible work on this issue. I also commend Chairman Waxman, who dedicated a lot of time to making sure…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3304) to increase the access of persons with disabilities to modern communications, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as…

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, so with the request that this body in unison vote ``aye'' on this historic legislation, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered…

I thank the gentleman from Washington State so much, and I thank my friend from Florida (Mr. Stearns), my cosponsor of this legislation and my cochair of the Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, for his incredible work in helping to bring…

Listen to that again: Nearly 50 percent of the CF population receives public benefits, including SSI and Medicaid. While the average clinical trial compensation amount for a cystic fibrosis drug is $700, an individual with cystic fibrosis…

We have to make sure that people don't, basically, allow themselves to be lulled to sleep by the ads by BP on every television station.