Adrian Smith

Again, I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment as well as support the underlying bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr…

Again, I am grateful that Ms. Sewell and I could work together to come up with this amendment. I certainly urge its adoption as we do move forward with the bill. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The…

I just want to add for the Record that the State of Florida matches their funds more than 2 to 1 already, so I am anxious to present the data here as it becomes necessary and is helpful to the exchange here. Madam Chair, I reserve the…

I support this amendment. The first hearing I held as chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources was on the geography of poverty. People often think of poverty only as they see it in cities, not realizing poverty today…

I thank Mr. Davidson for his efforts. Mr. Chairman, I support this amendment. I hope that we can evaluate all of the programs that we have, coordinate among them, learn more about their effectiveness, and ultimately respect folks in need…

I support this amendment. This amendment provides further information to ensure we have high-quality evaluations requiring States to measure how many recipients entered employment in the same field they received on-the-job training. The…

Again, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment as well as the underlying bill. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I am prepared to close if there are no more speakers. I reserve the balance of my time.

I can't say enough to honor such a true giant in public service as Secretary Yeutter, Ambassador Yeutter. The list goes on of his many titles, an incredible man, but his humility did so much for our country. ____________________

These sites are really the moral and legal obligation of the Federal Government, and history in Washington State has shown that funding is really the primary thing that drives cleanup faster.

Places like Oklahoma are experiencing premium increases of 69 percent, and it is only projected to get worse if we do not act. Doing nothing is certainly not an option. We must come together to rescue this rapidly collapsing healthcare…

I want to hopefully draw some attention to the fact that we have a problem on our hands. We have a problem with the Federal Government going too far, and we have a problem with the State governments coming to us as policymakers at the…

As Chairman Brady highlighted earlier, Members of this body have clearly stated their intent time and time again over the last few years through letters, hearings, public comments, and meetings. Yet, the Department of Labor has continued…

I certainly will reflect briefly on the comments of my colleague across the aisle who says that all of the problems have been worked out, that all the provisions have been met, and that anyone who lost their coverage, through no fault of…

I would add that my amendment actually reduces the regulation and ensures that our men and women in uniform have adequate choices at the table, at the cafeteria, wherever they might choose to eat. This does not prohibit anything. This just…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds…

More than 650 counties, largely in rural areas, are projected to be covered by only one health insurance provider in 2017.

My bill would exempt taxpayers from the individual mandate if they would lose health coverage because of the failure of the co-ops in their local area.

I would hope that we can empower providers to care for their patients without the government getting in the way or messing things up.

Thank you, Administrator Slavitt, for being here today.

Well, I don't have the actual definition at the top of my mind. But, clearly, the IRS has chosen priorities--some over others--that I think----

I don't want innocent people to be hurt. And with what has taken place at the IRS, I would hope all of us would agree it is unacceptable.

I would really appreciate that because it appeared then that Tennessee then requested a suspension of enrollment and that was granted.

We requested a response by October 14th, but have not yet received a response.

I have followed up numerous times with various obviously questions and just concerns about taxpayer dollars.