Dave Camp

We are a small business, and of course we pay very high rates for our medical insurance. I am concerned because I am a 44-year-old woman that is scheduled for surgery on Friday, and it is a bad surgery.

Even the White House has signaled that they are not wedded to a public plan in the health care reform issue.

I think we should also focus on some of those areas where we can maybe work together--transparency in pricing and quality.

I would say on this issue, at this time, on health care only, why don't we try to have a more balanced panel.

But for the chairman to then say we don't have the employers here to talk to when we are only given one witness--

No one--I repeat, no one--is arguing against reducing carbon emissions.

In the short run, would a climate change policy that places a price on carbon, whether it's cap and tax or straight carbon tax, would that mean higher energy prices across the entire economy?

Unilateral action by the U.S. will not impact climate change, but it will put millions of Americans out of work.

When carrots work, why is the Committee so readily resorting to the stick?

Your report really talks about the fact or explains that every American with private insurance is really paying a hidden cost or hidden tax on their health insurance because healthcare providers shift some of their financial losses onto…

I think there is broad agreement on the principles of any successful healthcare reform: lowering costs, increasing access, ensuring portability, having a strong prevention and wellness component among others.

We have seen premiums go down in part D from where they were projected to be.

the Government plan causes private plans to charge more.

I do not see how the introduction of a Government run health plan actually lends itself to that assumption.

I think if the choice is between clean coal and seniors, I will pick the men and women that are seniors in this country every time.

I am equally concerned that this new tax would have the perverse effect of harming our shift to cleaner renewable fuels right here in America.

the President's budget increases taxes on every American and does so during a recession.

The $0.20 an hour you might get under Make Work Pay would barely cover the added $1.60 a gallon that EPA says that gas could cost.

under his plan of cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

the so-called cap and trade measure is a revenue measure.

Unilateral action by the United States will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions in any significant way, but it will reduce U.S. economic growth and destroy millions of American jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector.

every Member of this House believes we should and must act to get this economy moving again to help struggling families and employers through this global economic crisis. But action for the sake of acting will mean little to families if it…

I appreciate having the opportunity to appear before you and with Chairman Rangel in support of our budget proposal for the 111th Congress.

Mr. McCRERY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the bill on the floor today. I have some prepared remarks that I am going to submit for the Record, but rather than reiterate the problems that we have with the process that brought this…

HSAs already have a built-in enforcement mechanism that seeks to ensure HSA funds are spent on qualified medical expenses. If a person spends those dollars on a nonqualified expense, they're subject to individual income taxes and a 10…