Ann Marie Buerkle: “The power of the purse was harder to ignore.”

I rise this afternoon as a nurse and as someone who has spent her professional career in health care. I ran for Congress because I was opposed to the Affordable Care Act, and I stand here today after 18 months of listening to the people in…

I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 3477, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Buerkle) that the House suspend the rules…

I believe that that safety can be achieved in a balanced, reasonable way that does not unnecessarily burden the regulated community.

I am deeply disappointed in your efforts to delay this potentially lifesaving rule.