Joe Crowley

We tried to get our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to see what they were doing.

Thank you, Mr. Fattah. I would also like to yield to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf).

My initial intention was to offer an amendment today, but after consultation with both the offices of the chair and the ranking member, I now rise for the purpose of entering into a colloquy with Chairman Wolf and with Ranking Member…

I think the real attempt here is to bring them out of the shadow and into the light that all of society can better understand the circumstances that they are living in.

I have serious concerns about the overall policy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Chairman Brady and Ranking Member McDermott for allowing me to join with you all at this hearing today.

Thank you, Mr. Cavanaugh. I look forward to continuing to work with you in your new capacity.

It is important a new payment system protect graduate medical education and disproportionate share hospital payments.

The Two Midnight Policy sets an arbitrary standard that does not always reflect the clinical judgment of the treating physician.

I am glad that this delay was included in the most recent doctor's payment fix.

We appreciate Congressman Gerlach's and Congressman Crowley's leadership as the lead sponsors of H.R. 3698.

Reductions in child abuse and neglect, better educational outcomes for children, a greater likelihood of economic stability for the mother, these results are not just good for the participants, but also are good for society, as a whole.

It is, therefore, reasonable to suggest that investment in strong home visiting programs will not only protect and help children, but also yield major benefits to society, and ultimately to taxpayers.

I want to commend the chairman for a very bipartisan approach to this issue.

Our budget should focus on long-term priorities, not just short-term impacts.

I am very pleased we are having this hearing here today on an effective, evidence-based program that has tremendous social benefits down the road.

I was pleased to see the President and his Administration have proposed a long-term extension expansion of this program.

The Affordable Care Act has made great strides in improving access to quality health care, such as by closing the prescription drug coverage gap, strengthening the Medicare program, and establishing competitive marketplaces for working…

There is a clear and obvious demand for more residency slots even within the Medicare program, demonstrating that this is not the time to be drawing teaching dollars away from Medicare to other programs.

Yet I am concerned that some of the proposals in this budget would fundamentally change this longstanding contract on how doctor training is supported in our country.

It was 50 years ago that then-President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. I rise today to join my colleagues in recognizing the 50th anniversary of this declaration, this promise that America will be a better place for the…

The only threat, Mr. Speaker, to the freedoms of Americans is not the bill we are discussing on the floor today but the bill that was announced this afternoon, the Tax Reform Act of 2014--the freedom of Americans to purchase their first…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard the outrage and the innuendos from my Republican colleagues and their chief mouthpiece, FOX News. The facts should show this is…

Obviously my Republican colleagues don't want to talk about their radical Republican tax bill. I understand. I know why, because it is an actual bill on the American taxpaying public, a bill that would tax Social Security and would…

How much time is left on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Louisiana has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.