I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania. I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Joe Donnelly.

Once we stripped away the political spin, brushed off budget gimmicks, and cut through the bureaucratic jungle, we saw a foundational pillar of the President's health care law for what it really was, truly a Ponzi scheme.

I have to say that I am deeply disappointed that Secretary Sebelius refused to testify today.

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for his comments. As he was describing the issue about making sure that we clean up our environment, the reason is that this bill pays for those things. We know, for example, that the waterways just in…

Mr. Waxman, I would say CLASS dismissed, and then we need to work on canceling.

I thank all the speakers today. Let me wrap up by saying this. In Pennsylvania, we're coal country; we're natural gas; we're the headquarters of nuclear; and we recognize we have a responsibility as a Nation to take care of our country and…

We simply cannot afford to let this administration hide behind any backroom deals and secret handshakes any longer.

I thank the gentlelady from West Virginia. I might add, as she was speaking about the Marcellus shale--this vast natural gas deposit which is underground in the States of New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and others--I know…

Congress should repeal it instead of waiting for bureaucrats to change their mind.

This week I introduced a bill to repeal CLASS and other new entitlement programs in PPACA.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania. What he is referring to also is taking care of our infrastructure, which has aged so much, and it's just a massive problem. I know it is something that the Transportation and Infrastructure…

CLASS does not work. The administration cannot fix it without massive taxpayer bailouts.

I would once again call on this Congress to pass H.R. 1173, a bill that my good friend and fellow physician Dr. Boustany has introduced to repeal the CLASS Act.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his support and insight into this. Several of my colleagues have noted that this is a rare moment on the House floor. We actually have people from both sides of the aisle coming together during…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a story about American jobs. This is the story about American jobs and the story of where our money is misspent, how it hurts States, the United States, and how we can change that trend. It's how some U.S…

At a time when we are struggling to save the entitlement programs we already have, good programs like Social Security and Medicare, we simply can't afford massive new government programs like CLASS.

If any insurance company began collecting premiums, then tried to spend $86 billion before paying out a single penny in benefits, they would rightly be prosecuted as a Ponzi scheme.

By direction of the House Republican Conference, I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 447 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is…

the Department of Health and Human Services has rightfully decided to cancel the program.

I don't think CLASS should be rewritten or redesigned by the bureaucracy.

As a physician who has dealt with many, many patients... I can surely tell you... there are many, many other options that are much more responsible.

It looks like the CLASS Act was a budgetary deception to mask the actual cost of the Affordable Care Act.

Leaving the statute on the books is irresponsible, and it must be removed.

But the hard fact of the matter is, losing control of this technology is going to cost us a heck of a lot of more money and it's going to cost this industry and jobs, not just of the new technology, which is where our hope is as a…

As a matter of fact, we would love to follow through on the President's constant promises we ought to be cleaning up coal.