Deborah Koff Ross

I cannot stress how opposed I am to this proposition.

It is time to rethink how Congress writes our budgets.

Balancing the budget should be the number one priority of every Congress, especially the 113th.

Failing to act to reform and therefore save these entitlement programs is irresponsible.

Restoring fiscal responsibility is their number one priority, and that they sent me to Washington to force the government to live within its means.

I strongly support the call of the American people to reduce government spending and bring our national debt under control.

I thank you for your efforts and leadership on this particular issue. Mr. Speaker, at a time when our country is more than $16 trillion in debt, I rise today in support of H.R. 273 and in support of my colleague from Florida's efforts to…

Baseline budgeting is one of the most sinister ways that politicians claim to cut spending when they are actually increasing spending.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his exceptional work on this particular act. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the PLAN Act. For the past few years, our government has been operating off of stopgap measures that have led to…

I solemnly rise today in memory of more than 50 million innocent lives who were lost as a result of the Roe v. Wade decision that was handed down 40 years ago today. As Americans, we have a moral obligation to protect the rights of the…

`` . . . or as a Member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or…

I was on the telephone call with DAS Lamb.

What we are speaking about here is not simply the economics that may become involved. There is a very powerful social and even moral statement here that has to do with the rights of workers.

And you think that is a good idea. And as I understand it, insurance is basically an actuarial assessment of risks...

One of the biggest obstacles has been the permitting process for environmental impact studies.

It is being actively investigated and I hesitate to give you a date that may or may not be right.

During my brief tenure as a member of Congress, I have seen how well intentioned legislation can have unintended consequences when applied to the real world.

The mere allegation alone is damaging enough regardless of the substance?

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they are getting from the government.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles. First, Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

You had absolutely no authority over the delivery or distribution of the grant money?

Upon receipt of the grant money, did you have any control over where it went?

What we are doing here is the same thing we have done to the Student Loan Program and the health--we have nationalized it, suppressed the rates, and now we are telling the American public that if you want to have a student loan at all, you…

How do I respond to my constituents who, back home, said, 'I was told I could keep my doctor but now my doctor won't keep me because of the reimbursement reductions that are being done in Medicare?'

But would it not be in the best interests of every American to have interstate sale of health insurance, over policies that can meet the demands of individual choice?