Matt Cartwright

I look forward to continuing to work with you toward that laudable goal.

To respond to my colleague from Colorado who has just cited two cases where, under existing law and procedure, fraudulent joinder of bad faith insurance claims was claimed and actually succeeded, the proof is right there. The statute does…

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 5, line 2, strike the close quotation mark and the period which follows. Page 5, after line 2, insert…

I really don't think I am the only adult in the room, and I look forward to working with the folks across the aisle to be responsible with that information.

Congress has gutted about $4 billion of the $6 billion that was originally appropriated for the program.

Cutting and cutting and cutting the funding is going to be a big part of why some of these CO-OPs failed.

The more competition there is, the lower prices will be for consumers.

Republicans in Congress have always focused more on tearing down the ACA than making it work.

Given the choice between paying higher prices and risking the lives of their patients, most hospitals choose to knuckle under and pay the price.

How crazy is that? How interested are we, really, in getting at the facts when they bring here witnesses who don't know what went on?

What we see here is the responsible, the culpable party being caught red-handed

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. {time} 1600 Amendment No. 4 Offered by Ms. Sewell of Alabama…

Thank you for including H.R. 1904, the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act, as part of the hearing today.

Thank you for including today H.R. 1904, the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act, as part of your hearing today.

I rise as designee of Representative Grijalva, and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 1301 through 1313. Page 168, line 12…

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank. You have two types of people. You have practical people who care about real solutions for American workers and American businesses, and you have…

I have a simple question. Name one Federal judge who has granted all of the attorneys' fees where there are 15 frivolous claims and one successful one. I have never heard of such a thing.

I acknowledge my colleague from Colorado. However, his silence on the point I was making is deafening. The point I made is that cutting out EAJA from this act means that you are attacking successful claims. If your point is to attack…

I filed--I am the author last month of the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2015, and I am proud to say I have original co-sponsors, Ranking Member Wilson and Representative Scott, on the bill.

The investigation revealed that in more than 1,500 black lung claims since the year 2000, Wheeler had never once in more than 3,400 x-ray readings interpreted an x-ray as positive for complicated black lung.

The report found that more than 1,500 black lung claims since the year 2000 were handled--

We can argue about the prevalence level, you know, the amount of black lung that is out there, but nobody would disagree that we want to make the process fair.

Republican presidents from Roosevelt to Bush, and many in between, recognize the importance of the Antiquities Act in creating a balance between the use of U.S. public lands and waters for resource extraction and protecting those areas for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The answer is that, every time somebody with damages proves his or her case in front of a jury, the jury has the discretion to award whatever they think is proper damages. For example, if they accept…

The bottom line is that this is misguided legislation. More ominously, it disproportionately hurts the people filing claims--civil rights claims, consumer rights claims--and it has a chilling effect on legal innovation. It was legal…