Rich Neal

It is always easy to talk about the benefits or the shortcomings of trade in the generic.

I certainly think that we should take care of those who have served this country and take care of them well, absolutely, sir.

Well, good God, that is something we can all agree on in this room today.

Do you think, in retrospect, to cut taxes by $2.3 trillion and invade Iraq?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Remember how incensed we were a decade ago that medical decisions could be made by HMO bean counters, and yet here we will let government bean counters do it for us.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a profession dedicated solely to women's health, expressed opposition to legislative proposals that 'put government between a physician and a patient.'

One way in which we can honor that struggle is by improving women's health, certainly not limiting it.

Last week was the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, a celebration rooted in the struggle for women to participate in society on an equal footing with men.

I have been on this issue for a career of what to do about American companies that change their address so that they become a citizen of Bermuda to avoid American income taxes, while there are hundreds of thousands of American soldiers…

That is a huge victory.

I want to thank you on behalf of that 9-year-old who visited my office recently who has hemophilia.

The customer satisfaction rate in Massachusetts with the health care plan that became the national model is above 77 percent.

I assure him right now, if he is ever ill, we will make sure that he has a space in that Mecca of medical care.

I want to thank you, first of all, for the productive meeting that you and the staff had with Caritas Christi.

The law that is under assault here this morning has high customer satisfaction across the State.

I would encourage all the members of this committee, and others, to visit an emergency room on a Friday or Saturday night.

I would ask you, Dr. Sullivan, when we talk about competitiveness, which all of us are for, shouldn't we be concerned about promoting a level playing field so that our smaller American corporations... aren't at a disadvantage against their…

To say, as the representative of the Business Roundtable has done here, that 'revenue neutrality should be off the table' may be consistent with the misguided holiday tax deal that added another almost $1 trillion to the national debt.

It sounds a lot to me like tax cuts pay for themselves.

Mr. Speaker, this legislation is about supporting American manufacturing jobs, plain and simple. The Peterson Institute suggests that this would increase American exports by $100 to $150 billion a year. The Ways and Means Committee held…

This Democrat will tell you what we intend to do. We have heard a lot of conflicting opinions during the past week about whether to extend the tax cuts for those at the top of the ladder. It is difficult to break through the clutter. But…

I stand in support of this small business jobs bill. There is no cute title for this bill. It's simply about small businesses and jobs. It injects funding into small businesses in two ways. First it does through the creation of a $30…

It did not take a lot of courage for the Republican leader in the Senate to announce his tax cut plan last week, which would cost about $4 trillion. Handing out tax cuts is not a tough business. Oddly enough, while he ensured that those…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To my friends on the other side, I do think it's instructive to have the discussion about Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. I think it's very helpful to America because we tried the Bush years, and the argument now…