This is not an arbitrary request.

If the Republicans had their way, there would be billions in cuts to medical and innovative research that would result in job loss.

The House-passed 7-month CR is, in my judgment, deeply flawed. It is a dangerous bill.

What the Republicans are doing in this bill is slashing education and health services vital to our long-term economic success.

It wouldn't create a single job. It would hurt Federal programs essential to economic growth and compromise our security.

it eliminates all funding for Title X family planning, and despite the fact that every dollar that is spent on publicly supported family planning saves nearly $4 in Medicaid costs, if our goal is to cut spending, it is reckless to eliminate programs that save taxpayer dollars.

if the Republicans really believed the name they gave to H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law, then I would like to propose that they rename the CR the Laying Off Everyone from Teachers and Firefighters to Bert and Ernie Act.

would you agree that defunding Title X would jeopardize health care access for millions of poor and low-income women and men who depend on it?

the NIH spending is being cut by 5 percent.

We all agree on the need for fiscal restraint, but we cannot win the next century by slashing the programs that matter most.

I do hope we can work in a bipartisan way to resolve this.