I think that should be a priority, and I was also disappointed to see that significant reductions were made to various HHS agencies including the CDC.

I think we need to be training more physicians and adequately supporting our teaching hospitals, not cutting their funding.

I was disappointed to see that the President's budget included a 10 percent cut to indirect medical education funding.

I thank my good friend from Florida (Mr. Hastings). Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the legislation being considered today; however, I really just need to say this is not the agreement I would have written. I recognize the importance…

I think that the doctor has extraordinary courage. And I think it is courage from people like him that will some day allow Cuba to join the list of free nations in the world.

The lack of human rights in Cuba... the tactics that the Cuban regime has used back in the 1960s are similar to the tactics that they use now.

The United States has been the beacon of freedom throughout the world for many, many years.

We would all agree, I don't think there would be any disagreement on this, that there is a necessary balance between premarket and postmarket FDA processes.

I was pleased to see that for the fiscal year 2012 the FDA received a 50 million increase in funding over fiscal year 2011 funding levels.

I have heard from healthcare providers and patients that there is an added layer of difficulty in addressing shortages in this area because they say that the DEA limits the amount of active pharmaceutical ingredient a company can purchase…

I thank my good friend, Ms. Slaughter from New York, and I rise in strong opposition to the rule and to the bill. I will continue to oppose all FAA reauthorizations because I strongly oppose the FAA's New York-New Jersey-Philadelphia…

The reports have just come out a few minutes ago, and it's great news for America: 243,000 jobs were created in January, which is 150,000 more than were expected. The unemployment rate is down to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent. So the…

The health and safety of the American people is paramount, and if we are not going to take that seriously, it really troubles me.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me, and I think that her taking the floor this morning is the best example of bipartisanship that people say Congress doesn't have enough of, and I think that those of us that believe in…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. I rise in strong support of her motion, and I urge my colleagues to do so as well. Today is a day of bipartisanship. The President is speaking to us. We should really show it. We should really…

Tonight, when we listen to the President give his State of the Union speech, one of our colleagues, unfortunately, will not be here, and that is Senator Mark Kirk, who served in this body as a Member of Congress for many years and, before…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me, and I rise in opposition to this rule. I have a challenge to my Republican colleagues who claim to want to extend the payroll tax for a year. Give us a clean vote on extending the payroll tax for…

There is absolutely no excuse for a statement by Secretary General Insulza supporting the Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's shame election as a 'step forward--step toward--step forward for democracy.'

There is no doubt in my mind, ladies and gentlemen, that the United States is better and safer today thanks to our support for the Merida Initiative.

If the OAS finds that it is unable to make itself effective, there remains no reason for its continued existence.

I find it very hard to understand that precisely when Chavez is setting up an alternative organization in the Americas called the CELAC, which excludes the United States but includes Cuba, we are considering a bill to undercut the OAS…

I think we need to work with our friends and allies, not force them.

If the Permanent Council meets to discuss how to deal with the tragedy in Haiti, but does not take up how Venezuela is violating the Inter-American Democratic Charter, we will withhold 20 percent of our contributions to the OAS.

The first is that Merida is a cooperative agreement between the U.S. and Mexico, with the Government of Mexico in charge of all activities within their territory.

The elections in Nicaragua were severely flawed. There was fraud in the balloting, and election observers were not permitted to do their job.