this is a bad week for America. That's the bottom line.

this is a violation, clearly, of the trust of the American people.

We need a Tax Code that is a lot simpler and fairer so that an average family can actually do their own taxes.

If you do make changes in one area, it impacts quite a few different areas in other sections of the Code.

This is about finding real solutions for a broken Tax Code.

This is a policy that is actually being very harmful to achieving this goal, as our witnesses have already pointed out.

I do share the deep concern that has been expressed by many of the members here... about how the Affordable Health Care Act... have actually contributed to the rising cost of health care.

It is pretty clear to me that there is actually broad bipartisan consensus that our country is on a fiscally unsustainable path right now.

The death of any child is a tragedy, but there is nothing more heartbreaking than when a child dies at the hand of someone who should have cared for them most.

I would like to thank our colleague, Mr. Doggett, as well as Chairman Camp, for their work on this very important proposal.

I am concerned about the pending cuts to the Medicare Advantage program and the likelihood that millions of seniors will be pushed out of their health care plans.