I am just concerned here that if you go to a domestic factory, you see a problem, you can follow up or even a suspicion something might have happened but if we have long time delays--and I understand the global problems there but it is a…

I am exploring putting guidance into the FDA for placing higher priority on inspecting foreign plants that have not been visited within the last 4 years.

I fear the Pentagon is proceeding with an irreversible course that is misguided, misinformed, and mistaken.

Our country is at war with an enemy we cannot see, but the battle has the potential to inflict an incalculable amount of damage on our economy, our national defense, and families.

Cyber terrorists and hackers are not just unaffiliated rogue actors. They are highly trained special operations agents being employed by foreign countries.

Deaths from vehicle incidents have declined significantly and are at their lowest point in 60 years.

I thank the gentleman. Last decade, when I was a State senator of Pennsylvania, I took on HMOs and plans that made decisions by accountants and MBAs and not MDs. It was important to do that because we found that doctors could not make…

I strongly support Mr. Lewis's efforts and hope that Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act will become law either as a stand-alone bill or part of a larger legislative package.

When GenOn announced it would close its coal-fired power plant in Elrama, in my district in southwestern Pennsylvania, my community didn't just lose the 50 remaining jobs; it also lost a vital component to economic growth: affordable…

This is a disaster for our seniors and it is something I hope you are spending a lot of time trying to get right.

So my concern was, when the chairman went through, and there is no Federal-State exchange rule, there is no--for States--excuse me. There is no Federal exchange rule.

The Medicare health care bill has made it almost impossible for them to survive.

On rollcall No. 91, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________

While we are all aware of the debt this country has hanging over our heads, over $15.3 trillion, we have to also be aware of what it takes to grow our way out of this debt. Part of the way of growing us out of this debt is by having jobs…

So it is OK that we are going to continue to lose these jobs and we are losing them today, we are going to lose more tomorrow.

Ma'am, no, you are wrong. You are wrong for this reason. You know, you are setting up a rule that not even Jesus and his apostles could adhere to.

A proposed rule does nothing for certainty for me, nothing, and so here is, I guess, my point: It doesn't seem like there is any sense of urgency about what is going to hit these very companies who are fighting for their very survival.

I hope that you get a sense of urgency on this, because people are impacted today.

There is no such thing as a free service.

If an employer is saying that he or she cannot find it in their conscience... do they pay the $2,000 tax for not having it or do they pay the $3,000 tax for having a plan that is in violation?

We ought to at least just be frank with each other and admit the fact that these brokers are going away.

Ma'am, that is not true.

So by not having babies born, we are saving money on health care?

Eight hearings to talk about the same thing without any progress seems to me to be kind of a waste of time.

I think it would be incredibly important to this debate and to this committee to hear from women.