Jerry Nadler

The District of Columbia is not a colony, it is part of the United States, and its people are entitled to be treated with the same respect that we demand for the people we represent.

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

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.

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

H.R. 7 is not the mere codification of existing law. This bill seeks to extend current funding restrictions.

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…

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.

I generally in many respects agree with Professor Turley about the growth of the imperial presidency over the last half century or more.

Talk about hypocrisy.

I must say that everything we are talking about today is laughable in my opinion in the context of these problems.

I supported the Innovation Act when it passed the House in December 2013 because I thought it struck a reasonable balance in addressing the patent troll problems without imposing too great a burden on plaintiffs.

What would happen if we only spent money on recovery, we restore the systems exactly the way they were?

This is a problem we are going to have to address.

If we fail to address this underlying question of how to pay for the Nation's intermodal transportation network, all we will have are lofty visions, stacks of plans, and piles of freight network maps.

As I said at the panel's initial hearing, we believe that the overarching and most important question facing this panel is how best to fund and finance the freight transportation system over the long run.

If it imposes an extra cent higher cost on the highway maintenance than the 80,000-pound truck, why shouldn't it pay an X-percent higher tax?

However, these industries recognize that the Nation's current failure to invest adequately in our Nation's infrastructure is ceding our advantage for our global competitors.

These businesses and the United States more generally continue to reap the benefits of past infrastructure investments.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And Mr. Chairman, thank you for scheduling this hearing to hear testimony from major manufacturing and agriculture industries that rely on the Nation's freight transportation system to move their goods to market.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The Acting…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 1 minute remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 20, line 10, insert after ``means any rule'' the following: ``(other than a special rule)''. Page 21…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 49, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $127,283,000)''.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will simply say that it has been a very informative hearing, a very informative tour, and I want to thank the chairman for bringing this hearing here, and I want to thank the Port Authority for hosting us…