I have no further requests for time, and I'm going to close by thanking Members on both sides of the aisle. You've heard from members of the Minnesota delegation here tonight, my good friends, the Democrats Mr. Walz and Ms. McCollum, Mr…

The more choice that parents have the more they are likely to be involved and the better outcomes we will have for our children.

It is kind of fun to sit here and realize that we are all in violent agreement that having parents involved is a good thing.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to another member of the Minnesota delegation, Mr. Paulsen.

There are multiple sources of funding of programs that can address women's needs. I think it is cynical to suggest that we are somehow attacking women and their health by going at a slush fund that has no control, no oversight…

There has been a lot of discussion here about the pay-for, and the words ``cynical'' and ``cynicism'' have been used. We have got proposals from the other side of the aisle, from our friends in the Senate that want to tax small businesses…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding the time, and for introducing this legislation. I rise in support of H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act. We seem to be in pretty strong agreement on both sides of the aisle that we've got an…

Congress also has a responsibility to protect the best interests of the American people.

the President's pledge to the American people that they could keep their current health care plan was nothing more than empty rhetoric.

it is hard to believe it can effectively run our nation's health care system.

The health reform law, which we have just been discussing here, cuts $200 billion out of the Medicare Advantage program.

As a result of these cuts, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that 5 million fewer seniors will be enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans during the next decade.