The Affordable Health Care Act provides some protection from the unpredictability of wild leaps in health care costs for those in small insurance pools.

If businesses get relief from health care costs under the Affordable Care Act, would they get even more relief from the tremendous burden of inflated per-capita health care costs under a single payer plan?

Thank you very much, Mr. Conyers. I certainly appreciate that. I will certainly never seek to impugn the feelings of those who say that we have to have the PATRIOT Act in order to protect our country. We are all patriots here, and we all…

The Patriot Act is a destructive undermining of the Constitution. We started this Congress off with a discussion about reading the Constitution. Many of us carry Constitutions with us in our pockets. How about today we take a stand for the…

According to the February 2011 data released by the Department of Education, defaulters from for-profit colleges disproportionately account for 48 percent of student loan defaults across all higher education sectors.

Congressman Dennis Kucinich suing over a sandwich he ate three years ago, claiming significant pain and loss of enjoyment because he bit into an olive that had a pit in it.

They can track our every move, but they lost track of the economy while the cost of food, gasoline and electricity skyrockets.

free trade policies that have shipped American jobs overseas and left our domestic manufacturing sector in shambles.

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targeting the right of workers to organize is no solution to our continuing economic crisis.

there is also not strong evidence that the Korea Free Trade Agreement will generate economically meaningful job gains.

As we begin this great debate over what our priorities are, it's worth reflecting on an article that was written nearly 3 years ago in the Sunday Times of London by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and his associate Linda…

As we begin the debate on the reduction of non-defense and security spending, a visit to recent history reveals a telling connection between our soaring debt and the two wars our country is waging. The Center for Arms Control and…

The for-profit health care system is the problem. Eight hundred billion dollars every year is spent on corporate profits, stock options, executive salaries, advertising, marketing, and the cost of paperwork. In the for-profit system that…

Today the House of Representatives is debating whether to take a giant step backward by repealing the Affordable Care Act. If we are not going to debate how to improve the health care bill, we should be working to strengthen our economy. A…

Everyone knows that insurance companies make money not providing health care. After all, they are in the insurance business; they are not charities. But with as many as 29 million Americans suffering from preexisting conditions, insurance…

We are one as we pay tribute to Congresswoman Giffords and all the other victims of violence in Tucson. Our gathering reflects the truth of America's first motto, which is above this Chamber, E Pluribus Unum--Out of Many, We Are One. It is…

I support the dedicated public servants of our intelligence community and commend their efforts to ensure our national security. However, I must oppose the Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2701, the Intelligence…

It was a beautiful, clear day on August 16, 2010, when my family's lives were changed forever.

The U.S. poured billions of dollars of military aid into South Vietnam to prop up the increasingly weak government and prevent the ostensible expansion of communism in the world. Now does this scenario sound familiar? Well, it should…

I want to introduce into the Record a Gallup poll that revealed that 59 percent of Pakistanis view the U.S. as their biggest threat, and that 67 percent of Pakistanis polled were opposed to military operations in their country. Now, Mr…

Wake up, America. WikiLeaks' release of secret war documents gave us 92,000 reasons to end the wars. Pick one. Wake up, America. Main Street is falling apart, businesses have closed, bankruptcies abound, people are losing their jobs, their…

In closing, I want to thank the gentlelady from Florida for her commitment to this debate and for her passion to make sure American foreign policy always receives a very strong and ringing endorsement. I want to thank the gentleman from…

It's been clear since 1979, when the American embassy was stormed in Islamabad, and we realized that there are many different layers to this onion which is the society of Pakistan. That being said, however, we know from the many Pakistani…

The U.S. has been training troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for over 7 years now with arguably little or no sign of success; yet we are applying the same failed counterinsurgency strategies in Iraq, Afghanistan and now perhaps Pakistan. A…