"I spent 10 years of my life with our former colleague, Henry Hyde, working on the Water for the Poor Act, and then its implementation."
"We must be cognizant that the American people do support strengthening U.S. humanitarian and development programs around the country--around the world, but I don't believe they realize that it is the ..."
"I hope that this subcommittee retains the provisions that I have worked on for many, many years, barring the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"But my problem is that NOAA's national catch share policies explicitly states that NOAA does not advocate the use of individual private anglers or catch shares."
"I am confident that work for the Partnership for Mid-Atlantic Fishery Statistics that is occurring in my district and along the Mid-Atlantic is a glowing example of the success of cooperative research..."
"Fifty million people couldn't get health insurance. Health care costs were increasing so rapidly. We needed to do something."
"I will remind you that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the Affordable Care Act will reduce the deficit by $124 billion by 2019 and further cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second..."
"I am very proud that the Affordable Care Act will control health care spending by making important delivery system changes that reward quality, not quantity of care."
"We are supposed to be trying to turn the economy around and create jobs."
"I think that in fact the Affordable Care Act helps to create thousands of jobs in the public and private health care sectors."
"It is pretty clear that the Republicans believe that if you just keep saying the same thing over and over again, it will start to be believed."