Obviously a law failing to meet its stated goal needs to be changed and updated, the purpose of our conversation here.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today because our Nation is facing a crisis. Each day, 20 veterans take their own lives. That is over 7,000 veterans a year, more than the number of U.S. soldiers we lost in the entire Iraq war. We have a moral…

I was disappointed... the decision to implement the rule, that weakened, in my view, the protections for workers.

I think what it's going to do is leave people without coverage.

I appreciate your consideration of my requests and look forward to working with you as the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues its work in the 116th Congress.

We have put our money where our values lie with the American worker.

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.

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.