Kenny Hulshof

I am very glad that we are taking up mental health parity today. I support mental health and substance abuse parity, as does most of this body. But there are a few details of this bill I would like to change to ensure that true parity be…

I don't need to be lectured to by a Member who did not even support the original Children's Health Insurance Program. The fact is that we reached compromise 10 years ago. And I recognize that the chairman of the Health Subcommittee can ram…

Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine that on a day in August of 1997 that a Democratic President would sign a bill presented by a Republican Congress, and that that would be a high-water mark as far as consensus between a divided…

This one page puts the lie to the assertion that this bill is paid for, at least in any terms that a reasonable person would agree that the bill is actually paid for. What this sheet says, in 2012, under the March 2007 baseline, CBO…

I have to admit, Mr. Speaker, that it is with conflicting emotion that I rise, as is my custom, to report on the annual Hoops for Hope basketball game, an intense athletic contest between Members of Congress and representatives of the…

I would remind my chairman, Mr. Speaker, that the children's health program was created by a Republican majority. ... This is not the identical bill.

this past Friday, the great State of Missouri and the country lost a truly distinguished man, Congressman Bill Hungate, a man who previously represented the very seat that I am now privileged to currently occupy passed away. Bill Hungate…

I rise in support of H.R. 1495. I grew up in the shadow of levees along the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri. And while the river, at times destructive, the river has been a provider for me and my family, delivering the grain from…

Before my friend from North Dakota leaves the floor, the bill to which he referenced, he, in fact, along with 72 of his colleagues, voted for. The FSC/ETI bill that actually we are now pulling back that tax reduction. We are repealing…

Ladies and gentlemen, there has been a lot of podium pounding on the other side of the aisle today. The question is this, shall the government interfere with or intervene in a prescription drug plan that is working? Now, the majority seeks…

I wish to report upon a recent event which was refreshingly bipartisan that succeeded in advancing humanitarian causes and personal fitness, all in the same event. There were no political speeches. It was simply a group coming together…

I appreciate first of all the tone in which the gentleman offers this amendment. In the health care field, the Hippocratic Oath says first do no harm. A colloquialism from the outstate Missouri region that I think is appropriate here is…

today, senior citizens across America can sign up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit that will save them money on medicines that they need. Many are concerned that the program with its many choices is too confusing, not to…

I rise and have the privilege perhaps on a lighter note to report the outcome of the seventh annual Hoops For Hope basketball game between Washington, D.C.'s elite lobbyists and Members of Congress. Perhaps the broad smile on my face or…

to my friend from Oregon I would personally invite him to come out and view these. Some of these locks, built, again, Mr. Chairman, in the 1930s, are standing just out of habit, with bailing wire and duct tape. And the Corps of Engineers…

I rise and ask my colleagues in the House to support this resolution. In addition to the kind words that already have been mentioned, FarmHouse had a unique, but a humble, beginning in my home town of Columbia, Missouri. Like many social…

I rise, gratefully, in support of this resolution, and applaud you, Mr. Speaker, for allowing it to come to the floor for consideration. My colleagues, there are those beyond this venerable hall who would hope that this body would erupt in…

I yield myself 30 seconds. I am sure the gentleman from Michigan misspoke, and I am certain it was inadvertent. The bill, H.R. 8, actually does allow for a step up in basis of $3 million for a surviving spouse and another $1.3 million for…

I yield myself such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Cramer), my cosponsor of H.R. 8.

a lot of individuals have worked on H.R. 8, and I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Herger), one of those individuals.

just a quick comment for whatever time I may consume before yielding to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Barrett). Did I hear the last speaker correctly, that we have given away, whose money is that? It would be the American…

I again believe that a compromise is, in fact, achievable. Just a couple of points... I would take issue with the gentleman's comment that Congress has not been doing its work as far as working families with those prior examples and again…

The child credit actually, we phase out for upper-income individuals. In fact, families that have children that are above a certain income threshold do not qualify. Their children do not qualify. I think what is interesting in all of this…

hopefully to further clarify some of the questions that have been asked, and I see the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) has been provided a transcript from this morning's Committee on Ways and Means markup, what I would like to do is…