Joe Crowley

It doesn't pass the laugh test that they somehow care about getting this right.

We can fix a broken Web site. What we cannot fix are broken ideas and a broken agenda.

It is much easier to tear down the building than to build a building up.

Now, you understand that this is from the same party that attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act over 40 times? You understand that, don't you?

You don't have to answer the question. I am being a little rhetorical.

In New York City alone, the Republicans' cut would result in 130 million fewer meals. That is unacceptable to me, and it ought to be unacceptable to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. The fact that it is not unacceptable tells us…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding this time. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans continue to demonstrate just how far out of whack their priorities are. Here we are in the 11th day of the Republican government shutdown--a…

What I think, Anderson, it's time to get off the Affordable Care Act kick. They've had a 43 -- at least 43 times two repeal the act.

At the end of the day, Anderson, there are two things that Congress is responsible for -- they need to pass a budget and they need to pay their debts.

You don't walk into negotiations and say, either you repeal the Affordable Care Act or we will shut down government but that's what they've done.

The last time we considered devastating cuts to nutrition programs, I brought messages my constituents had written on paper plates, telling stories of how much the SNAP program has helped them. I read aloud each plate's personal…

My colleagues, I am tired of this dog-and-pony-show. Yes, Members return to their districts for a few weeks, but political red meat is not what this country needs. We need a Congress with a vision for tomorrow, a vision focused on creating…

I think they realize that maybe they won't be successful tomorrow in actually undermining the Affordable Care Act.

Will tomorrow's 40th repeal vote to block tax credits from going to working families help with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in any way?

I would just say that the President's 2014 budget requests $1.5 billion for implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and this Committee certainly could help us and we would welcome its support with respect to that request.

Can I enter into the record a definition I got off the Internet? Irony is the use of words 'to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; an expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and…

I thank my friend and colleague and ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee for yielding me this time. I do appreciate and I don't want to call into question the motivation of how this bill came to the floor, but I find it hard to…

Bills don't just fall out of the sky, Mr. Speaker. They don't. They're here to meet a purpose. The purpose was to evade the committee process in regular order and to bring this bill here before we break for the summer recess, the last week…

When the Medicare Part D bill was passed, and I voted against it, and we went through a political charade of almost 4 hours on the floor to pass the bill, a lot of political arm-twisting took place.

I thank my friend for yielding me this time. Here we are once again, wasting our constituents' time by voting on the exact same action the administration has already taken. Apparently, we must vote yet again to dismantle important parts of…

I am the cochair of the India Caucus here in the House, and I am concerned about that level you talked about.

Today's New York Times...highlights that in New York's marketplace, individual policies are expected to see a rate drop of 50 percent or greater.

So I would think the budget approach we have recently seen with policies, like sequestration, is the exact opposite of what we ought to be doing.

I think we are all good stewards. I think we all want to be good stewards of our taxpayer dollars...

I think too often, we have a tendency and I think is a willingness to cut a program for ideological purposes not because it is what is in the best interest of our country.