This is an important day for women across this great country. Starting today, all new health insurance plans will include coverage for important preventive health care for women. Many have looked forward to this date since the passage of…

I am especially appreciative, too, of the comments, and Mr. Green, you mentioned the need for creativity and innovation.

The economic success of our country is going to depend on having the workforce that these companies and all the numerous startup companies need to continue innovating and growing.

This is an important week for the United States as we host the International AIDS Conference for the first time in 22 years. Decades ago, our country made the shameful decision that no one who is HIV positive could enter our borders. With…

I wish to engage in a colloquy with Chairman Young and Ranking Member Dicks. Yesterday, the House adopted an amendment I offered with Congresswoman Buerkle directing the National Guard to conduct a capability assessment of the medical…

Thank you, Mr. Ranking Member. I sincerely thank the chairman and the ranking member for their attention, cooperation, and willingness to work on and address this very important issue. With that, I yield back the balance of my time…

I hope today's bipartisan action is an indicator of a renewed commitment to tackling the sequester, and I hope it sends a message to our constituents that we can work together to get something done. That's why I supported this bill in the…

Thank you, Congressman Van Hollen, for yielding. I rise in support of the Sequestration Transparency Act. We have all heard concerns back home about partisan gridlock in our Nation's Capitol. Our constituents continue to ask us: Is there…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1) (increased by $1)''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman…

Thank you all for your testimony and certainly for all the work that you do to protect our national security.

It is unfortunate that we are here once again talking about repealing the Affordable Care Act, a bill that passed almost 2 years ago and that, as we all know, was recently upheld by the United States Supreme Court. We should be focusing on…

Thank you so much for yielding me this time, Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, and for your leadership in Jewish American Heritage Month. It is great to join you and our other colleagues here this evening. Mr. Speaker, I would like to…

When the Violence Against Women Act was first passed, it was to prevent and raise awareness of domestic violence, and to create programs that help victims exit dangerous situations. Unfortunately, the bill we are debating today runs…

It's truly unfortunate that we're here today talking about the possibility of voting against the Violence Against Women Act. This bill was originally passed and has been consistently reauthorized with strong bipartisan support, but it now…

It is not time to make cuts in these programs. I know so many that are in hard times and not of their own doing.

Thank you, Ranking Member Van Hollen. I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act. Not long ago, we were here debating a very misguided budget resolution. And today, with H.R. 5652, the…

Today I rise to congratulate Oregon's Lincoln High School on winning the 2012 National Finals of the We the People competition. These students worked diligently all year to achieve this honor, demonstrating outstanding teamwork and an…

Thank you to my colleague for yielding. I'm so happy to be here today with my colleagues in support of preventing a drastic hike on student loan interest rates. Education truly is the key to improving our economy and ensuring a strong…

I thank my colleague for yielding. We have a real choice to make here, a choice between a Republican budget that hurts the middle class and those who are struggling to get out of poverty, and a Democratic alternative that presents a…

I'm troubled by the Republican budget's effect on health care, specifically the provisions that would eliminate the Affordable Care Act. Passing the Republican budget would be detrimental to the health of citizens across the United States…

I would like to thank all of you for your testimony today on this important hearing that is focused, I believe, appropriately on the challenges and opportunities of the International Space Station.

This is a reasonable amendment. It simply asks that before we make sweeping Federal policy that overrides State and individual rights we know what we're getting in return. I urge my colleagues to support this very reasonable amendment. I…

My amendment to H.R. 5 simply requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit a report to Congress detailing the effect that the tort reform provisions in this bill would have on health care premiums and delays the effective…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 23, line 22, strike ``date of enactment'' and insert ``effective date''. Page 23, line 24, strike…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Oregon will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 3 will not be offered…