G. K. Butterfield

This proposed rule will destroy the Part D Program as we know it. It will limit our seniors' coverage options, and it will force higher premiums.

Why does CMS feel the need to act at all when the law is crystal clear on this issue?

The President's Climate Action Plan will help our nation reduce our contribution to climate change.

How much more proof is needed for my Republican colleagues to accept reality and acknowledge that humans contribute to climate change?

Let me thank you, Mr. Jeffries, for yielding time, and thank you for your passion and your willingness to come to this floor each week to raise issues that are very important to the Congressional Black Caucus and should be important to…

The monthly HHS enrollment reports are excellent, detailed reports. Weekly reports will shed no more light on enrollment in the health exchange than would monthly reports. The bill also demands that HHS make publicly available a list of…

Thank you, Mr. Pallone, for yielding time, and especially thank you for your leadership on our committee. It has been nothing less than extraordinary. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the Exchange Information Disclosure…

I promise that you will be regarded as one of many people in this Administration and across this country who were on the right side and helped millions of Americans get insurance.

North Carolinians are having tremendous success with the federal marketplace and Healthcare.gov.

The fact is, Mr. Chairman, the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. It is working in my State.

Let me thank you, Mr. Horsford, for yielding to me this evening. Let me also thank you for your passion and your tireless work not only on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus but on behalf of the people of Clark County, Nevada, and…

I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) for yielding and also for her passion and her extraordinary work on the issue of poverty and related causes. Mr. Speaker, 50 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a very bold…

My Republican friends continue to obsess with repealing a law that is making a difference and will make a significant difference in the years to come. I want to address some of the benefits that have accrued to my congressional district in…

I think it is important.

The importance of patents is highlighted in our Constitution and integrated into our country's legal framework.

the Republicans really don't want people, in my opinion, to sign up for this program

I am hopeful that we are on the right track, and so I want to thank you, all of you, for your testimony today.

Patents are designed to spur innovation and stimulate commerce, but more frequently the system is being manipulated to impede progress.

It is just limitless of what innovation can mean, not only for the bottom line of your companies but for the prosperity of our country.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, to the ranking member for convening this very important hearing today.

My Republican colleagues do not want this Web site to work. I am convinced of that.

Mr. Chairman, I'm always sensitive to committee decorum, and before I do it this morning, I want to ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to display the Democratic Twitter handle.

This document indicates that CMS postponed a final security assessment screening, but in its place, CMS did put in place a number of mitigation measures, and it concluded that these measures would mitigate any security risk.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I support the idea of the House and Senate reconciling their differences on the farm bill and going to conference. It is certainly long overdue. I caution, however, that I will not vote for…

I thank Mr. Horsford for yielding me this time, and I thank him for all the work he does here in the House of Representatives and say he represents his district well. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor tonight, quite frankly, very…