Dan Kildee: “I still have my preference for the public school system with all its defects, but it does--it is universally available.”

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 192, not voting 22, as follows: [Roll No. 417]…

I was unable to attend votes due to a death in the family. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 96, H. Res. 987; ``nay'' on rollcall No. 97, H. Con. Res. 86 ``yea'' on rollcall No. 98, H.R. 1836; ``nay'' on…

I thank my friend, Representative Bishop, for yielding and for his work on this legislation. We do a lot of big, controversial bills. Sometimes, we can actually come together as Democrats and Republicans to get something done that serves…

We delivered on a commitment to do what we can to try to lower costs for Americans when it comes to their health care.