Frank Pallone

So if you like waiting in line at the DMV, wait until the Government completely takes over healthcare.

They need to know that it ends employer-sponsored healthcare, at least some versions of it do.

We know this plan would take away private health insurance from more than 150 million Americans.

What I saw were constant efforts to join with President Trump to sabotage it.

Thank you for all you have done over the years to help people get health insurance, to expand insurance, to address the price of prescription drugs.

Unfortunately, we could not get that done.

Seniors need to fully understand how this plan will affect the Medicare trust fund that they've paid into their entire lives.

There are so many people now that could have insurance that don't because they refuse to do it for ideological reasons.

Those antidiscrimination provisions that you said are protected with employer-sponsored plans they came through actions of the Democrats and the Affordable Care Act.

The Republicans are still trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The ultimate sabotage would be to have the courts rule that the ACA is unconstitutional, which is totally bogus.

But I just have to speak out, Mr. Burgess.

But I asked so many times in this subcommittee to have a hearing on the Indian Health Care Improvement Act...

As I said, healthcare was the single most important issue to voters in the midterm elections.

It is now up to the Democratic House to protect, defend and strengthen the ACA.

Twenty attorneys general, led by the attorney general from California, our former colleague, Xavier Becerra, have appealed Judge O'Connor's ruling.

Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, over 20 million Americans have gained health insurance that is required to cover preexisting conditions.

These plans aren't required to cover the same Essential Health Benefits as ACA-compliant plans.

On the very first day of this Congress, House Democrats voted to intervene in the Texas v. United States case.

So we have long had a campaign for a number of years on repairing and replacing natural gas distribution systems.

I know there are those who believe we cannot address this problem because the costs are too high. But, the costs of not acting are far higher and more painful.

I believe very strongly that if we are going to do something on a bipartisan basis to address climate change...

I just wanted to emphasize, Mr. Chairman, the priority for our committee in addressing climate change.

Rather than focusing on new pipelines, why not focus on repairing existing, even for the natural gas?

We simply cannot afford to delay any longer, and we must discuss ways to help communities better adapt to the changes that we're already seeing.