Michael F. Doyle: “Thousands of people in our district have been denied coverage in the past because of preexisting conditions, or paid for…”

I think it's somewhat disingenuous for my colleagues on the other side of the podium here to have this faux anger and this faux concern over a bill that they absolutely want to fail.

I would say to Mr. Gardner, and people that are co-sponsors of this bill, you may want to consider, based on what is going on in the world with the Russians, the Chinese, Pakistani, Turkey, how these countries are flaunting our trade laws…

I think the legislation to address climate change through a cap-and-trade system would have been an easier, more direct approach to limiting our Nation's global warming impact.

It seems to me that any nuclear power plant whose operator makes the significant investment to pursue relicensing during the compliance period, that should be treated as new capacity.