Tim Murphy

Together, medical professionals at health centers coordinate care and work as a team saving nearly $25 billion each year.

Health centers are quality low cost medical homes for millions, but they are more than just doctor's offices.

H.R. 2703--the Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013, introduced by Rep. Tim Murphy, which would provide Federal Torts Claim Act protection for health care professionals who volunteer their time at community health centers.

H.R. 2703, the Family Healthcare Accessibility Act of 2013 introduced by Representative Tim Murphy, which would provide Federal Tort Claims Act protection for health care professionals who volunteer their time at community health centers.

This subcommittee also released materials showing that as early as April top administration officials were well aware that Healthcare.gov was far off schedule.

They were promised a functioning Web site--as easy as buying 'a TV on Amazon'--and they got a train wreck.

HHS has a ways to go to regain the trust of the American people.

We have also been routinely promised that the Web site was safe, and that Americans' personal information would be secure.

We are all deeply troubled that the individuals who want to be in charge of America's healthcare system could not even predict accurately if the Web site would work.

Americans want to know the answers to two simple questions: is my information secure if I use Healthcare.gov, and why should I believe the administration that it is?

I am concerned that weakening of equipment maintenance standards could have some severe consequences for patient safety.

At a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Our purpose in holding this hearing is to learn more about a number of questionable practices that have recently proliferated.

Inventors and companies should be encouraged to research and develop ideas, technologies, and products and be rewarded for their risk and investment.

Let me state at the outset that a strong and fair patent system is essential to an innovative marketplace.

We convene this hearing of the subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to gain a better understanding of the impact that abusive patent assertion practices are having on businesses, jobs, and the economy.

I hope you have a mechanism to track who these people are.

I'm just wondering if you have a mechanism whereby you will know.

I heard from one insurer in Pittsburgh that just cancelled 30,000 individual policies.

We're hearing from thousands of people who have had their policies cancelled.

But if a plan changes....

But now we are in a sequester, and what that means is, is that the discretionary part of our budget that funds research is being greatly curtailed.

It is devastating what is happening, and it is not just the price of the natural gas...

I support a real commitment to investing in clean coal, but that's made exceedingly difficult under the president's budget.