In conclusion, I would like to thank the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Pallone, for his leadership on this issue. It has been a bipartisan effort on the Health Subcommittee and Energy and Commerce Committee. I urge all Members to…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1852, the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Support Reauthorization Act of 2011, would enable the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to provide…

It seems these rules are written in a way to disadvantage small employers.

We didn't do that. We screwed it up.

I don't know why we did not subpoena him and bring him to this committee.

If you like your current plan, you will be able to keep it.

If you like your insurance plan, you will keep it. No one will be able to take that away from you.

I believe that the economic modeling used to sell PPACA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the American people needs to be thoroughly reviewed from top to bottom.

I would once again call on this Congress to pass H.R. 1173. That is a simple bill that my good friend, Dr. Charles Bustani from Louisiana, and I have introduced to repeal the CLASS Act.

The chair thanks the gentlelady.

The American people can finally see Harry Reid's debt ceiling plan. Only 5 days before the deadline set by the President, the Senate majority leader finally put something on paper and submitted it to the Congressional Budget Office. I…

I rise to urge this Chamber to support H.R. 440, a bill that requires the President to appoint a special envoy at the State Department to advocate for religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. I commend the gentleman…

The Hill newspaper recently reported that there's another prominent glitch in last year's health care law. Millions of families could struggle to purchase insurance because of the sloppy manner in which the bill was written. The law…

Tonight, Representative Gabrielle Giffords' office is organizing a Special Order to recognize Border Patrol agents who were killed in the line of duty last year. I want to thank her and her staff for working to acknowledge these dedicated…

H.R. 1254 would prohibit the sale of synthetic drugs that imitate the hallucinogenic and stimulant properties of drugs.

Yesterday, the House passed the cut, cap, and balance plan to control government spending and raise the debt limit. Now we need the Senate to act and put their plan on the table. While it was good to hear yesterday that at least six…

I was thinking the same thing.

These laws help protect our country against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.

H.R. 1254, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, addresses a growing problem in many States and gives law enforcement additional tools.

Would you invest in a company if there were a 40 percent chance that you would lose all of your money? That doesn't sound like much of an investment. Most people would call that gambling. But that is exactly what the Federal Government is…

Briefly, here are some examples of why the $1 trillion in government stimulus spending bill failed to hold down unemployment or reinvigorate our economy: Over the past few years, the EPA has spent more than $27 million on grants to foreign…

I am concerned that IPAB's enormous power will grow at the expense of Congress.

The fundamental concept underlying the administration's approach to health reform is that the government... knows better than patients and their doctors.

The program faces costs not covered by the Medicare tax of more than $30 trillion over the next 75 years.

I agree with Mr. Pallone and Ms. Schwartz that we ought to repeal IPAB. It is wrongheaded. It is boneheaded.