I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, 102 years ago, I assume a very frightened 14-year-old boy made his way on a boat called the RMS Caronia from Cork, Ireland, with his mother on his way to the…

I hope that you would not interpret the words that I spoke as being political in the sense that everything that I talked about is in bill form and in legislation that we Democrats are in support of and would like to see advanced here in…

That is not political, that is a legislative position.

The contrast between Republicans and Democrats could never be more clearer than it is right now. Republicans continue to want to protect corporate America, and Democrats want to protect, average, hardworking middle class Americans. That is…

I thank my friend, Mr. Levin, for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, when I go home, I often hear people who are disillusioned with politics in America. Some even say that they don't really see a difference between Democrats and…

I would just add for the record that 52 times my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, 52 times.

But what is the ultimate price here for the criminal? Is it a free colonoscopy?

So it appears as though you have operated a very sophisticated criminal operation here, not that your intention is criminal.

It is just another attempt to try to smear, I think, the Affordable Care Act.

More people are getting coverage, as my colleague from Georgia has said, and they are liking it.

I see that my colleagues once again on the other side of the aisle are using this as an opportunity, I think, to exploit their dislike of the Affordable Care Act.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act…