Renee L. Ellmers

Thank you to my distinguished colleague from Kansas, vice chair of our Republican Conference. Thank you for yielding time to discuss this situation that's at hand right now. Right now, we're faced with this government shutdown. Right now…

I have the distinct honor and privilege to represent Fort Bragg in my district; and I found out yesterday evening that, despite passing funding to keep our military paid and to keep our military civilians paid, there have been over 7,000…

Thank you so much to my distinguished colleague from Georgia. This is such an important day. We have reached day one of the ObamaCare exchange being up. If you look at the chart that we have up, very similar, Congressman Gingrey, to that…

You know, and that gets to the greater point that the gentleman points out. This objective, when President Obama put it forward--I go back to the summer of 2009. I was not in any position to ever considering running for office; working as…

On rollcall No. 491, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

My friends on the other side can say the same thing over and over again, but it does not make it true. This motion does nothing. Food stamps are not affected by a government shutdown. No one--not a struggling mother, not a child, a…

I don't believe that Congress asking questions and doing oversight is intimidation at all.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the vice chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

We are prepared to close. I would like to ask my colleague if he has any further speakers remaining?

I would just like to point out to my colleagues across the aisle that in the latest Wall Street Journal article of September 10, one of the things that they point out again is that in the Senate, which is the Democrat majority, they put in…

This is the worst piece of legislation that has ever affected American families.

I echo the words of Representative Bert Jones in North Carolina calling it a win-win-win situation because it benefits the patients, it benefits the health care providers, and the taxpayers of our State.

We need a comprehensive and balanced sequester fix, not a piecemeal fix that increases payments for cancer drugs.

Drugs save lives. We need these drugs, and we need to keep developing new ones.

shouldn't Congress be doing everything in our power to reverse this and make a change where we see a need?

When you take the hatchet to the Federal budget, there are going to be serious consequences.

Thank you to my colleague from Texas. His insight on this very important issue is vital to coming up with the solutions that we need. I do want to touch on one of the points that you were making, Dr. Burgess. Basically, I saw a report this…

That's a wonderful question. I have another constituent who has shared numerous times with me his concern for the implementation of ObamaCare. Jerol and Telia Kivett, from Clinton, North Carolina, owned, again, a family- owned business…

Continuing with our discussion about the implementation of ObamaCare, I think it's important, as my colleague from Kentucky has cited, that back home, in his district, many businesses, many individuals, many families are being negatively…

Just to follow up on some of the remarks that my colleague has made, in getting back to the issue of jobs and job creation, there was a recent Gallup Poll out this week that found that 41 percent of small businesses have stopped hiring…

Thank you to the gentleman. I do want to take a moment to talk about another group of young individuals in this country, young Americans who are also being negatively affected as a result of the implementation of ObamaCare: our students…

With that, I would just say that the good news for the House is that last month we passed the Smarter Solutions for Students Act, and now it lies with the Senate for passage as well. With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my…

I thank my esteemed colleague for handling the time here on the floor in this very important issue. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1797, an important bill that will protect women and unborn children. This legislation is…

That is what physicians are working toward, that is what drives them as individuals, and that is what we ought to be rewarding.

mental health in this country is so important and certainly one of the issues that Oversight and Investigation is taking on with a great passion.