G. K. Butterfield

Thank you, Mr. Cummings, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I was walking on the floor moments ago, and my colleague on the other side said that this failure to pass a CR was punitive behavior of this White House. I cannot allow that to go…

I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, which is the clean CR, and go to conference on a budget so that we can end this Republican government shutdown that is delaying student loans. The…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, let's be clear. We are now in day two of a Republican- created shutdown. While my Republican colleagues drag their feet on allowing an up-or- down vote on the Senate's clean continuing…

The drama that has played out on the floor of the House would make for a great movie. I must remind my colleagues that we aren't in Hollywood, and their dangerous and thoughtless actions aren't without consequences. We are elected…

The American people want compromise, they want it today.

Republican extremists have put the Federal Government on the brink of a shutdown in less than 3 days. On yesterday, the Senate sent over a resolution that funds the government through November 15 using the sequester level of $986 billion…

Thank you very much, Mr. McGovern, for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) who just spoke, has finally acknowledged what so many other Republicans refuse to acknowledge: that they have made a political…

One-hundred and thirty thousand seniors are now eligible for Medicare preventative services, 41,000 children can no longer be denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions.

It is frustrating to me when they were talking about, you know, fingerprinting.

I would be offended if I had to ask my insurance agent, by the way, do you have a background check.

What you are hearing today is folks who don't like the law, and that is OK. They didn't vote for it, but they are trying to keep it from actually working.

Thank you, Mr. Waxman, for yielding time, and thank you for your extraordinary leadership.

Thank you very much, Mr. Pallone, for yielding time this morning, and thank you for your extraordinary leadership on our committee and for giving affordable health care to every American. Madam Speaker, I rise this morning to oppose H.R…

This is a gross misuse of the company's investigative authority and just another way this majority is attempting to derail the Affordable Care Act.

I am absolutely outraged that the chairmen of the full committee and Subcommittees on Health and Oversight as well as other Republican members of this committee sent a 3-page investigatory letter to 51 grant recipients demanding that they…

I believe you will come back empty-handed.

Thank you, very much, Mr. Jeffries, for those very kind words and thank you for yielding me time this evening to talk about this very important subject. Mr. Jeffries, your leadership on this issue, the issue involving strong labor unions…

I am disappointed in our Governor and our legislature not being able to expand Medicaid. It will leave a lot of my constituents without access to health care.

It seems like it is, you know, why would you count them against their Medicaid allocation and hurt their DSH funding?

(Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight in support of H.R. 2754, the Collectible Coin Protection Act. I introduced this bill with the bipartisan support of Energy and…

(Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. Speaker, I rise to join Mr. Runyan in support of H.R. 1300, a bill that will reauthorize volunteer and community partnerships for the National Wildlife…

(Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I don't have any other speakers, and with that I yield back the balance of my time.

During the final vote series last night, I inadvertently voted ``no'' on the DeLauro amendment No. 44 that would prohibit the use of funds to train the Afghan Special Mission Wing. I would say for the record that I support the amendment…

I am still hurting from the farm bill debate last week. I was looking forward to a bipartisan compromise on farm programs as well as nutrition programs. But as we all know, the Republicans removed the food title from the farm bill and…