Rob Andrews

If that were fully deductible the in-pocket benefit of that for them would be at a maximum about 15 to 20 percent of that.

I think I have finally found the content of the secret agreement between the President and the Russians we keep hearing about. I want to read you what I have heard: My goal is the total elimination of nuclear weapons. If we can get these…

I thank my friend. I rise to respectfully disagree with the amendment offered by a person for whom I have great respect. I know that he offers this amendment because he certainly wants to avoid a situation where our country arbitrarily…

Everyone here is alarmed, Mr. Chairman, about the possibility of a nuclear attack on the United States. We also should be alarmed about sticking to the facts in the debate. The fact is we are talking about a weapons system here that failed…

I hereby submit the enclosed letters: Building and Construction Trades Department--AFL CIO Washington, DC, May 4, 2012. Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, Chairman, House Committee on Armed Services, Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC. Dear Mr…

I thank our ranking member and my colleagues for their indulgence in letting me go a little out of turn here. By most counts, the United States Department of Defense is the second largest organization in the world, behind only the rest of…

I would like to thank Chairwoman Ros- Lehtinen and Ranking Member Berman for bringing this resolution forward. I regret but do not doubt its necessity. The issue raised in this resolution is not whether we are authorizing war--because we…

A college student sits in the financial aid office worried about her interest rate doubling on July 1. A woman sits in the waiting room of the health clinic waiting to get a cancer screening. A corporate executive sits in a boardroom of an…

I submit the attached letters of opposition to H.R. 4628. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, DC, April 26, 2012. Hon. John Boehner, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, House of…

But, more importantly, you did acknowledge the Constitutional principles that my friend just talked about because you put a religious exemption in the rule that you put forward.

It is my understanding that your department released a report several weeks ago that said Medicare Advantage premiums are 7 percent lower than they were last year and enrollment is 10 percent higher than it was last year.

She, sort of, just opts for the malignancy lottery. She hopes that she gets a winning ticket and doesn't have that problem.

Has your department formed a committee that votes on whether any person in this country gets medical care or not?

A more accurate statement is that if the growth of Medicare spending continues on the same, lower glide path that it has been on for the last 18 months, my understanding is the IPAP provisions would never kick in because we would be below…

What would she do if that Prevention Fund did not exist? Where would she get that cervical or breast cancer screening?

And what would happen to people if that fund were removed? Where would they get their services to begin to manage their diet and their exercise and their blood sugar, to avoid further complications?

We heard from your critics and critics of the Act that premiums would skyrocket in the private sector, as a result of the Act.

Okay, well, we heard, you know, for months, that this was eminent.

Madam Secretary, you didn't score well on the pop Constitutional law quiz, I am sorry.

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There's been an understanding in our country for a very long time that if you work as hard as you can your whole life and you follow the rules, that one of the things that you'll get as part of this American Dream is a secure retirement…

This obviously is a good faith and legitimate philosophical difference. But when it comes to the termination of the Medicare guarantee, when it comes to jeopardizing and violating this covenant with the people who built this country, we…

I think there's a consensus in America that we have to reduce our deficit. Most it of should be by cutting spending, and some of it should come in revenue contributions from the wealthiest Americans. This proposal does this, so I support…

They were, pardon the pun, left behind.

Reclaiming my time, of course, the other areas, as the secretary well knows, are reading and math tutors, Work Study for college students, Pell Grants, things that we think are very, very important, and I think we all think are important.