"There is old law that is dragging competition down, but they preceded the ACA, and Congress could and should step up to the plate and deal with them."
"It is an important issue that needs to be regulated. Now the problem that we have here in Congress is that we are in the midst of an anti-regulatory crusade."
"There is no credible evidence that Planned Parenthood violated the law."
"The videos wrongly implied that Planned Parenthood sells fetal tissue and organs for profit."
"The law governing fetal tissue research...provides in part that no one can 'knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human fetal tissue for valuable consideration.'"
"I could think of no person better equipped to lead the Department of Homeland Security, and to carry out the President's directive that we carry out our immigration policies in the most humane way pos..."
"In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo, I expressed concern that States and municipalities could use this decision to use their power of eminent domain, intentionally or not, to the detri..."
"Abuse of the eminent domain power has a long and shameful history of disproportionately impacting minority and other politically marginalized communities."
"This underscores why it is important that we continue to monitor the facts on the ground to determine whether Federal action is warranted."
"It's important to respect principles of federalism before Congress intervenes in eminent domain decisions, an area traditionally reserved to States and localities."
"I want to begin by thanking my colleague, Sheila Jackson Lee, for having a moment of silence in connection with the tragedy that just occurred."
"I support this proposal, which allows these machines to do work that previously had to be performed in a more time-consuming matter by forensic labs."