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Tim Murphy

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Tim Murphy is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district from 2003 until 2017. During his time in Congress, Murphy focused on issues such as healthcare, mental health reform, and energy policy. He was known for his work on the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which aimed to improve mental health services and support for families affected by mental illness. Murphy also served on various committees, including the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he contributed to legislation on health care and energy issues.

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Oct 29, 2013

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

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Oct 28, 2013

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.

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Oct 28, 2013

the Administration giving up on clean coal reminds me of the editors of New York Times, who opined in 1903 after a failed attempt at flight by the Wright Brothers, that it would be one million to ten million years before man could fly.

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Oct 28, 2013

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

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Oct 28, 2013

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

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Oct 28, 2013

We will hear from some who say coal plants are closing because natural gas is cheaper. Not true.

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Oct 23, 2013

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.

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Oct 23, 2013

When healthcare.gov went live on October 1st, it was not possible to browse this site in order to see the prices.

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Oct 23, 2013

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…

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Oct 23, 2013

Given all these questions, Congress should press pause on the tech surge and figure out what went wrong first before throwing good money after bad and forcing the public to use a broken site.

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Oct 23, 2013

That wasn't the case. Either these officials were shockingly unaware of what was happening inside their own agencies or deliberately misleading our committee--hoping this `train wreck' would turn around.

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