My colleagues in the majority believe that if you like your insurance coverage you should get to keep it, unless it is for choices that they don't like.

The common courtesy of the House demands that Ms. Norton be able to testify.

I regret that the Chairman objects. I would hope that he would reconsider what is normally a fairly pedestrian request.

H.R. 7 is a radical departure from current tax treatment of medical expenses and insurance coverage.

This bill, for the first time ever, denies tax deductions and credits for women who use their own money to pay for an abortion.

The right of a woman to decide whether to become pregnant and whether to continue or terminate her pregnancy is protected by the Constitution.

Thank you. I have other concerns as well when it comes to some of the bill's modifications to the pleadings standards, but we must deal with the real problem of patent trolls exploiting the current legal system for illegitimate purposes…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to support the Conyers-Watt substitute. Unlike the underlying bill, the substitute takes effective steps to address the patent troll problem without including the unnecessary…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chairperson, I rise in reluctant support of this bill, the Innovation Act. The bill addresses the issue of patent trolls suing large companies, small businesses, and retailers over vague patents…

I would say it is the duty of the President to interpret the law within the boundaries that he has in a way that makes practical the implementation of the law to effectuate the will of Congress.

talk about hypocrisy.