Rob Andrews

Nearly 680,000 Pennsylvanians no longer face the uncertainty that their health insurer can drop their health coverage when they need it the most.

Nearly 7.7 million Pennsylvania residents can no longer be subjected to a lifetime limit cap on their health coverage.

More than 32,000 young adults in Pennsylvania may now have coverage through their parent's health plan because of the law.

Recognizing that reforming this country's health care system could wait no longer, congressional Democrats passed and President Obama signed the historic Affordable Care Act into law nearly two years ago.

Employers could see even more savings through the elimination of pre-existing condition underwriting, medical loss ratio standards, states successfully combating unreasonable premium increases.

This law takes control of health care away from the multibillion dollar insurance industry and returns it to American families where it belongs.

One hundred sixty days ago, the President of the United States came to this Chamber and put forward a plan to create jobs for our country. One of the ideas that he had to create jobs for our country was to put our construction workers back…

I want to thank you for making such a good faith effort to raise an issue we really need to raise.

I want to thank General and Mr. Secretary, Secretary Hale for your service to our country and particularly, Secretary Panetta and Mr. Hale, your accessibility to members of this committee and the Congress.

That means that the gentleman must support President Obama's appointments to the Labor Board?

I thank my friend from New York for this opportunity. We got some welcome economic news last Friday that companies added about 250,000 private sector jobs. It's long overdue, and we hope and pray that it continues for many, many months to…

I thank my friend for yielding the time. The month the President took office, the U.S. economy was in the midst of a horrible collapse into oblivion for a lot of American families. The economy lost 700,000 jobs the month the President took…

At a time when we should be considering the president's job proposal, we are having an exquisitely interesting constitutional law seminar.

I'm familiar with his FAIR Tax. I respectfully disagree because I think it imposes a national sales tax, which I don't support. But let me ask two further questions, and I thank him for his time. Do you think that we should put up for a…

I thank the gentleman for his friendship and his compliment, and it's a pleasure to serve with him. I would just ask him on the specifics: Do you favor a tax cut for small businesses that hire people?

They ask: What did you do this week? Did you get any bills that would bring more customers in? Did you help me grow more jobs? Now, here's what we did: We adjusted the CBO baseline for the consideration of future revenue policies of the…

I thank my friend for yielding. For a long time, Americans have believed if you work hard every day and play by the rules, you'll be able to earn enough to own a home and educate your children and retire with some dignity. It's the…

That promise is nonnegotiable.

It is our responsibility to try to remove that jeopardy and reignite and restore that promise that has been made to workers and retirees throughout the country.

We frankly should have more hearings like this in the Congress.

I really do think this is a problem with a solution.

The end of the bargain that is coming to them is that they are guaranteed, in some cases, a pension check for the rest of their lives.

I would like to begin by asking unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the ranking member, Mr. Miller, to Mr. Gotbaum.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Congress must remain engaged, and that is why I am concerned about surrendering some of our authority in this area.