Jim Jordan

They had to wait. They never got resolution.

The real harassment of Tea Party groups wasn't just the fact that they applied and maybe were denied.

You anticipate this, in fact, could be a train wreck. You anticipate, in fact, this could be a third-world experience.

I would just remind, it hasn't been Republicans who--and we have Mr. Baucus, one of the architects of the law, calling it a train wreck.

That's amazing to me.

I just want to go back to where the chairman was and be clear.

I think we do great harm when we continue to spew out lies, much like the lies about the death panels.

I believe that there will be a time when the signs will be, 'Don't touch my ACA benefits.'

We've got the two biggest issues, maybe the two biggest issues in the country, the lady who's at the center of the storm in both of those.

I think that it has already run up the cost of healthcare.

The law says that we will not subsidize unless the State has an exchange.

We lose more than the Army consumes in Medicare and Medicaid.

We are dealing where disclosures that occurred under the IRS' watch under this President.

But it goes to the root of this is a program so grand and so great that it pales Medicare in its shadow.

You hoped the exchanges wouldn't be a, quote, 'third-world experience.'

It is a false choice. Strategic sourcing and small business utilization, when done right, absolutely, unequivocally, are mutually reinforcing.

The RAPID Act of 2013 aims to restore the balance between thorough analysis and timely decision-making in the Federal permitting process.

It is our outdated, burdensome, convoluted Federal permitting process that has become a hotbed for the environmental extremists.

Let me thank Mr. Marino for re-introducing this legislation. I am proud to be an original cosponsor of his legislation.

Americans are ready to get back to work. The RAPID Act of 2013 will remove the red tape and allow job creators to take projects off the drawing board and on to the work site.

I urge my colleagues to support the RAPID Act and cut down the time it takes America's workers to see a real Jobs Recovery.

It definitely would hurt our competitiveness.

I do not quite remember the last time we had a 7.5 percent ending balance in Kansas except for when Governor Brownback came in.

The governor has worked hard and is looking at better ways of doing things.

You can go into agencies. You can work with state agencies and find a lot of efficiencies and savings in those agencies.