I rise this evening in strong support of H.R. 1210, the Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2010. This bill provides for enhanced arthritis public health efforts at CDC, enhanced juvenile arthritis research activities at NIH…

I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1032, the HEART for Women Act. Heart disease is the number one killer of women, and stroke is the number three killer of women. H.R. 1032 expands the CDC's Wise Women Program, which serves low-income…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2923, the Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2010. H.R. 2923 is designed to respond to problems that the Drug Enforcement Agency has identified in the implementation of the Combat…

I want to differ strongly with the gentleman from Texas, as much as I admire him as our ranking member. I would remind the gentleman that this bill is fully paid for by eliminating tax loopholes that send jobs overseas. The fact of the…

And I will be brief. I want to, first of all, express my support for House Resolution 611 and the goals and ideals of Fragile X Awareness Day and again thank all three of the previous speakers: Mr. Hare, the prime sponsor; Mr. Delahunt…

We passed, the House Democrats, the majority, passed a comprehensive permanent fix to the SGR, and we only had one Republican vote on the other side. I heard the gentleman from California say it's not someone else's problem. That's true…

The gulf coast catastrophe underscores the need for comprehensive energy and climate reform to rein in Big Oil and reduce our reliance on dirty and foreign fuels. For too long under the Bush administration, Big Oil was able to operate with…

I urge support for the rule, as amended. For far too long, Members on both sides of the aisle have talked about the need to reform the way we pay physicians under Medicare and provide them with a fair and reliable reimbursement. Today…

This is the last step that we must take to make health insurance reform a reality in this country for millions of Americans. For far too long, the Federal Government has allowed insurance companies to get away with the most abusive…

You know, I hear from the other side about the American Dream, but I want to say, the American Dream doesn't mean that the government shouldn't get involved to end discrimination. We have a long history in this country of the government…

I am amazed when I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. They seem to ignore the fact that our health care system is in crisis. Millions of Americans are going without health insurance. Rising health care costs are bankrupting…

We need health care reform now, and failure to act is not an option. Doing nothing on health care reform doesn't mean that nothing happens. People will continue to lose coverage, to pay more in premiums, to be banned for preexisting…