The Affordable Care Act already has had a positive impact.

One-fifth of the state of Oregon, 106,000 seniors are now eligible for free preventive care.

I certainly believe that is what the Affordable Care Act is intended to do.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 5. It's clear that we need long-term thinking and real changes to improve the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and give our students the schools…

Thank you very much.

Putting all our legislative emphasis on the OAR seems inconsistent with our stated intention of improving forecasting and protecting lives.

If our goal is to enhance forecasting, empowering the forecasters would seem to be the obvious way to proceed.

I appreciate your willingness, Mr. Chairman, to work together to plan this hearing, and I am very pleased that we ended up with such a distinguished panel of witnesses.

I want to applaud the gentleman from Oklahoma for including that provision.

I want to thank you, Chairman Stewart, for the bipartisan spirit you have shown in inviting collaboration on legislation.

Cuts to those programs cause me some serious concern.

I often discuss the importance of NASA's other missions including the Earth Science mission.

I just want to start by following up on Mr. Kennedy's remarks about the importance of STEM education.

I am very concerned about whether we are going to be through restructuring affecting those existing partnerships between NASA and other education groups and entities.

Today, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1797, legislation that would throw doctors in jail for providing constitutionally protected health care. Many of my colleagues talk about less government. Well, here's a place where I agree. This bill…

50 years ago, the Equal Pay Act passed in Congress with strong bipartisan support. That should be no surprise. It makes sense. Back in 1963, 201 Democrats joined with 160 Republicans to support equal pay for equal work. Only 9 Members…

I frequently hear comparisons of our students with students in countries like Finland, for example, but they have a near absence of poverty in Finland.

This event is a painful reminder that we are all vulnerable to unexpected disasters, and it also highlights how critical the work of the National Weather Service is as a public safety tool.

Thank you very much, Chairman Stewart, and welcome to our witnesses, Mr. Myers and Mr. Kirchner.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims of the powerful and devastating tornado that just days ago swept through the state of Oklahoma.

I join the Chairman in saying that our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims of the powerful and devastating tornado that just days ago swept through the State of Oklahoma.

Understanding the climate is as critical to public protection as understanding the weather.

The importance of weather forecasting and the work of NOAA are so important that we are invoking our Rule XI right to ask for a second day of witnesses.

I support the Paycheck Fairness Act. I hope we can pass that.

I think maybe Perry Mason didn't lose a case. But for the most part there are risks involved.