Anytime something is new, there's going to be some glitches. And it is of no value, as a matter of fact, it is of negative value and of questionable ethical value, I think, sometimes if people only spend their time criticizing the glitches…

We were promised a Web site where people could easily compare plans and costs. Five hundred million dollars later, we find the American public has been dumped with the ultimate cash for clunkers.

Either these officials were shockingly unaware of what was happening inside their own agencies, or deliberately misleading our committee and the public hoping this would all suddenly turn around.

On Thursday, the Capitol was in lockdown when Miriam Carey led the police on a frightening high- speed chase that sadly resulted in her death. Initial reports say she may have been delusional, paranoid, and had a prescription for…

I thank my friends, colleagues, and fellow Americans. Please, listen. I'm not here to defend this government shutdown. Long after we are gone, people are going to remember the rancor of this House, not the good we've done. I don't defend…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, we are here today in part to deal with the issue of the compounding pharmacies which allows the FDA to have greater oversight over interstate sales. How we got here is a tragedy. In our Oversight and…

On rollcall No. 477, Motion to Recommit H.J. Res. 59, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' On rollcall No. 478, Passage of H.J. Res. 59, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall No. 479, Daines Amendment, had I…

This week America was once again shocked by the tragic shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., and once again, it raised the issue of how we're handling mental health to stop this terrible violence. When you look at the background…

As a clinician and psychologist myself, it was hardly ever appropriate for me or my colleagues in the medical field to wait until problems were at a severe or critical level.

Lack of readiness or preparation on your part does not constitute a reason that Congress gives up its responsibilities to have oversight.

A wait-and-see approach to oversight of the Healthcare Reform Law does not seem appropriate.

Is the Administration ready?

Most of the concerns about the law currently can be reduced to one question: 'Is the administration ready?'

Our responsibility in conducting oversight of Federal programs is to identify waste, fraud, and abuse.

The law has many problems and so much so that half of it was simply done away with for a year.

Our experience has shown that rosy predictions about the future of the Healthcare Law often given way to the results of this rushed and rocky implementation.

It is the law of the land.

DOE used that money for the opposite purpose, to shut down the Yucca Mountain program.

The fiscal year 2011 Continuing Resolution was the last time NRC and DOE received funding for the license review.

Together your two agencies have spent, by my calculations, a little bit under $150 million of electricity consumers' money shutting down a license review.

I think the delays have been there because the administration, even though they have had a few years to do this, simply is not ready to bring this forward upon the American people.

The purpose of that funding was to carry out the purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.

But the faith and trust placed in the VA by our Nation's veterans has eroded because of the heartbreaking stories told by our witnesses due to appear at today's hearing.

I just want to thank you for the honor. Seeing that I was on the Veterans' Committee once before, and it is like Mr. Doyle said, an honor to be back with you, and I also want to thank you for your ongoing tenacity in pursuing this.

You understand the gut-wrenching testimony this morning, you understand the concern from Members here, and I can tell you there were a number of Members of the Committee that wanted to make the trip, but unfortunately needed to be in…