I think the nexus between Mr. Welch and Mr. Herger's commentaries is very important because one of the most under reported success stories in America today is the fact that we are currently using two million barrels of oil less than we…

I suspect based on what we are about to hear in the next four hours, you may well be right.

I think it is fair to say as well that we are much less dependent on coal...

Thank you, Mr. Levin. Mr. Speaker, I stand in opposition to this proposal today. I have just a couple of thoughts, having had long-term membership here. This is not the way to write legislation, and the Members on the other side know this…

Mr. Chairman, everybody has heard of Gloucester and Boston, and certainly connected it to the Mayflower. The most famous ports in America perhaps are located in Massachusetts, so I want to be supportive of Mr. Boustany's amendment today…

This is the party, on the Republican side, that tried to privatize Social Security during those years, and all they want to do is shoehorn these legislative proposals into tax cuts for wealthy people. Their argument today, despite these…

Thank you, Mr. Van Hollen. What's striking about the debate that we're having today and this discussion is that essentially our Republican friends and colleagues are asking us to go back to the policies that got us here in the first place…

This bill had to be paid for. And in fact, it was.

Having this hearing on the constitutional law issues that the Supreme Court is determining themselves, doing their job this week, is in my view a colossal waste of time.

This legislation would reduce it by $1.2 trillion based on the nonpartisan budget watchdog called the Congressional Budget Office.

This Member of Congress is interested in one thing: making sure that every American in the country has access to affordable and quality health care.