Joe Morelle

I consider reprehensible at the very least.

The fact is, Donald Trump does not have a plan to address healthcare, unless you consider dismantling the Affordable Care Act...

I think this is the appropriate place to begin the conversation around healthcare.

Thirteen years it took me to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula, and I did. And I did it in a bipartisan fashion.

We approved their version over here on the House floor and the President signed it into law, the first major sickle cell authorization that had been passed in certainly over a decade, and with no new therapy.

The solution has to involve approaching medical care in just the same way we approach educating our children, maintaining our roads, or supporting our armed forces.

All I want to do is practice medicine in a world where I no longer have to watch a patient walk out of the ER without medical care that could save their life because they are worried about going bankrupt.

After making what I consider significant progress, we are backsliding now because of purposeful action taken by the White House.

It goes to Congressman Morelle's question about Medicare and how it could lead in innovation in payment

I apologize. But let me just--as I looked at it, the private insurance, this will help perhaps guide your answer, private insurance is about a third of the Medicaid--or of healthcare expense.

I would congratulate Congresswoman Jayapal for introducing an ambitious piece of legislation that has brought us together.

Do you think seniors are going to be happy that their Medicare Advantage plans are taken away?

Medicare for All would take away all of this from everyone.

I do note for my friend, Mr. Burgess, whom I serve on the Rules Committee with, that we, in an effort to enhance bipartisanship, made his amendment in order. I believe it is the first amendment in order, and I certainly expect that it will…

I appreciate my good friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma's comments. Those on the other side may say this is messy, but do you know what is messier? Another government shutdown. We just endured, earlier this year, a 35-day government…

On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 294, providing for consideration of H.R. 2021, the Investing for the People Act, under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), my friend, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 294 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 294 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I would like--I appreciate that, and obviously, what I would like to know in addition to that is if there was no letter of credit, what steps you would take to make sure that the liabilities were covered...

When there has been an unwillingness to cut funding from critical programs that benefit students and taxpayers.

I want to know, Madam Secretary, if you will commit to publishing monthly reports indicating whether schools have letters of credit and whether the Department has those letters of credit on hand and how much they are worth?

I find that troubling. Someone-- I dealt with letters of credit, insurance and collateral as a chairman of the Insurance committee in the New York State Assembly, and find this, frankly, if it is true, financially irresponsible.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important hearing.

Many students attending for-profit colleges are working adults with families, often living paycheck to paycheck.

The handling of these closures are poor examples of leadership.