Mr. Ranking Member, through the Chair, this is nonreconciliation if I have ever seen it. The Affordable Care Act pulling back from Medicaid expansion, do you know what that means? Have you examined what that will do? It will take away…

Let's cut to the chase. I support this legislation. It wasn't an easy decision, but I believe that Democrats were able to get a lot of policies into the bill that are good for the middle class. It is going to help 16 million Americans out…

I have a great deal of respect for the ranking member's intellect and integrity, as well as the chairman, in working through this rule. But it is simply disgraceful that while the President of the United States, our President, was in Paris…

I want to salute the Speaker of the House, and here is why I want to salute him. He defused the religious connotations when this was first brought up. He did that yesterday, and I salute him. Imagine, to have one line for Christian Syrians…

I have lived in Paterson, New Jersey, all my life, which has a large Syrian American population. In fact, when I came back from the service, I joined the American Legion. It was the John Raad Post, which was a Syrian American military…

I was proud to join my Ways and Means Committee colleague, my counterpart--Mr. Renacci of Ohio--along with several other Members, in submitting to the Rules Committee a modified version of our bipartisan bill to provide long-term…

Instead, we are here talking about holding government funding hostage in exchange for decimating the Affordable Care Act. Enough is enough. Remember when the guy threw the window up in that movie ``Network''? We are not going to take it…

They have cut vital services for children. They have cut funding for our first responders. They have eliminated jobs for 30,000 teachers--30,000. They have cut afterschool programs for nearly 1.2 million kids and eliminated more than 40…

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Speaker, I have heard now twice this morning the term ``bipartisan.'' Many of my brothers and sisters on the other side wouldn't know bipartisan if it hit them in the head. I mean, to just throw this term…

With all the rhetoric invoked around this agreement, I am reminded of what President Ronald Reagan--since his name was used just a few moments ago by the leader--told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in November of 1985 when they discussed…

I want to start by saying I am in opposition to this accountability bill, but I want to commend the chairman and the ranking member and the rest of the members of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. I think you have done a good job--and I…

Reclaiming my time, in the context of what we did a year ago and the context of what is now under the guise of accountability is very different to me. I read both bills, the one we voted on last year and this bill. There is important…