Bill Johnson

But clearly, we have some major issues, and this attitude of, we will get to you when we get to you, and a lack of sense of urgency in addressing the concerns of the voice of the American people, which is the United States Congress, that…

The bureaucracy in the VA that is not looking out for the best interest of our veterans

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It seems to me that if the remaining veterans of World War II are supportive of the prayer being added, we, as a country, should honor their request.

This legislation very simply directs the Secretary of the Interior to install at the World War II Memorial a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin Roosevelt prayed with our Nation on the morning of the…

As my friend Mr. Shimkus noted, you failed to request any funding to proceed with the Yucca Mountain license review.

The Telehealth Modernization Act, a bipartisan measure introduced this past December by Representatives Doris Matsui and Bill Johnson.

Prescription drug and heroin abuse are very serious--is a very serious epidemic in Ohio.

But from where we are sitting, it seems that there is an orchestrated campaign by Senator Reid and the Administration to run the funding dry at NRC.

Well, Mr. Chairman, it is good to join. Science and technology is a passion of mine as a patent holder myself and an innovator, which is a long way from the mule farm that I grew up on, by the way, so I am excited about being here and I…

It is my understanding that the rule that has been sent to OMB goes above and beyond.

Are you comfortable with sending this vital industry and the related jobs related to ferromanganese production overseas?

After 5 years, the States would be asked to report back with a description in detail of any proposed changes that should be made to the rule. This legislation ensures that the States that are directly impacted by the proposed rule would…

I want to thank Rep. Bill Johnson for his bill, H.R. 4196, which would eliminate Obamacare's cost-sharing subsidies and reinvest the savings from that policy in the Medicare Advantage program.

But I also have concerns about these practices and how to protect seniors from illegal pharmacies that may be distributing dangerous drugs.

A large percentage of the people that I represent in eastern and southeastern Ohio are seniors, and often with limited and fixed incomes.

There are many seniors who struggle with the cost of prescription drugs, and I have heard from some individuals who look to purchase drugs from Canada as a way to achieve drastic savings on their prescriptions.

Last year, the FDA worked with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies to shut down more than 1,600 illegal pharmacy Web sites.

Didn't FDA's Operation Bait and Switch survey show that about 85 percent of the online pharmacies were not from Canada?

And do you believe that coal and the vast resources of coal that we have should comprise a significant part of our energy portfolio moving forward?

Do both of you believe that America can solve the technological concerns that the environmentalists have so that we can use and continue to use coal environmentally soundly?

What we should have done, what the Administration should have done is roll up its sleeves and do this the right way in the first place.

Only in Washington, D.C., and with this Administration do we see a constant pattern of redo at somebody else's expense.

The American people, businesses, individuals, hardworking taxpayers across this country who are increasingly burdened by the big-spending over-regulating policies of this Administration, not very many of those folks get a second chance.

I am pleased now to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), our chairman. (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)