Glenn Thompson

I would rather not revisit the past, but last February our 5 minutes ran out before you actually answered my question.

The key factor of our succeeding in the future is the competitive workforce. It is a qualified workforce.

One of the things that just appalled me... is the absolute lack of a national energy plan in this country.

The Commission recommends, quote, 'a more robust and more formal interagency consultation process in which NOAA, in particular, is provided a heightened role, but ultimate decision-making authority is retained by the Department of the…

The American people would also be pretty irate.

I think the absolute best economic stimulus that we could have is extending these tax cuts. I think that what happens as a result of that is it provides some certainty back into businesses, especially those 2.1 million small businesses…

Sure. Just real briefly, you had a chart there that showed a lot of different spending schemes, health care, IMF bailout, the bank bailout, the omnibus. We're talking billions of dollars are being spent and all in the name of supposedly…

I like to call it what it is: it's a death tax. And we know that today, as a result of these tax cuts, the schedule that was set up almost 10 years ago, for someone that passes away in 2010, the death tax is zero percent.

Yes, absolutely. This is our 151st anniversary. But I was talking with an individual whose family actually had roots maybe going back 151 years. I was talking with this gentleman, and he has a family business. His family has been in this…

I have very fond memories, but I have some very useful lessons that I take from those early years. I then went on into health care and created jobs and managed rehabilitation services and worked within a skilled nursing facility. We're…

I appreciate that. For my whole life as a young boy, I grew up in a family-owned sporting goods business. It wasn't a very big operation. It really was my mom and dad, a brother and a sister. The store was open 7 days a week and for…

If the gentleman will yield, in terms of the cap-and-trade, cap-and-tax, or the light switch tax, I guess, in Pennsylvania the Public Utility Commission sent a letter to the Pennsylvania delegation adamantly opposing cap-and-trade because…

Yes. This panel that we heard in the Small Business Committee just reaffirmed that chart that you have. Each of those bullets came up in the discussion today. When you look at the taxes, tax increases have been levied in the past 16…

I talked with a constituent of mine from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, today, and he was calling to talk about the unemployment because he has been without a job. And as we got talking, it was very clear that what he wanted was not so much the…

You know, I don't want to misquote, I believe it was President Reagan--I will give him credit at this point anyway--that made the statement that the best welfare program there is is a job.

The question is for the President, Mr. President, when did you have this report? And why did Congress not have it? As the actuaries put it: ``Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that a significant portion of the increased demand for…

Sixty. For specialists today, it's 60 percent. It's expected to go to 80 percent. So they may have coverage, but they really don't have access. If you don't have a physician who is able to accept you or who will see you, then we're not…

Well, not only am I suggesting that, but the President's agency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, put that in writing.

And you don't. When you're looking at difficulty recruiting and retaining health care professionals, especially to rural areas and some urban areas, when you look at escalating costs of medical liability insurance--which our colleagues…

Medicare cuts could drive about 15 percent of hospitals and other institutional providers into the red and possibly jeopardizing access to care for seniors. That's a significant risk.

One of the premises that I have always led my life by is the best predictor of future performance is past performance. I think there is a significant issue, a great divide being what is being said, what the President said about the health…

I thank my good friend from Missouri for leading this discussion. It is such an important discussion as we look at the consequences of this health care bill that has been passed.

Absolutely. And what we are talking about today goes well beyond Medicare. I thought Medicare and Medicaid were complex. This new proposal, this Senate bill that is being pushed at us, HIPAA, the impact of costs on health care just from…

Dana's best friend, Rex, was alive. However, the reunion was short-lived as Rex was scheduled to be brought back into service. Growing up in Smethport, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District, Dana has always loved…

Well, I just couldn't agree more. I think yesterday was a statement that the American people--what they want and what they expect from our leadership is that we do our best to provide safety, prosperity and liberty, the freedoms within…