Tom Rice

Are they really better off? Do you really believe that?

We could have just said, we are going to expand Medicaid, forget about the rest of the Affordable Care Act, right?

Well, today, I am telling you, there it is right there, everybody has to pay 230 percent more because of ObamaCare.

Expanding the insured base was one of the goals, and the other goal was to bring the cost down.

The theory of the Affordable Care Act was to provide universal coverage for people, including those who had preexisting conditions...

As you will recall, the President said, you know, if you like your plan, you can keep it, which is clearly a falsehood.

I hail from the Seventh District of South Carolina, and for 3 days in September the Nation was rapt as Hurricane Florence stalled directly on top of my district. I have eight counties in my district. All eight counties were declared…

Americans pay the price for our failure to secure our southern border in many, many ways. Our failure to control our southern border is a national disgrace. Some of the ways Americans pay for our failure is through illegal immigration…

Opioids and illegal immigration are two cancers of a porous southern border, and my constituents have had enough. Illegal immigration holds down wages and diminishes our middle class. The Democrats say they are for border security; they…

I stand in strong support of the tax and oversight package before us today. I appreciate the concern about the deficits from my colleague across the aisle, but I would remind my colleague that President Obama added $2 trillion in deficits…

I am proud to stand before you today to discuss two bills that expand choice and offer lower cost. And lower cost and choice are what are needed in healthcare. Back home in South Carolina, the average premium before ObamaCare, in 2013, in…

I think completely--the idea that you would completely identify--I mean eliminate any sort of unique identifier is just not practical.

the effects of these tariffs are wide-ranging and will affect folks across our Nation.

Collin College is now concerned by the tariffs on steel and aluminum, due to the increased cost of construction materials.

these tariffs pose a serious risk to our economy and could trigger a trade war, and they may damage our relationship with our key allies.

nobody denies that the American middle class hasn't suffered because of unfair trade practices.

the American middle class has shrunk, and makes about the same amount of money today as they did in 1990.

I believe in free trade, but it has to be fair trade.

So jobs, wages are what the President is focused on, that's what I am focused on, and I think that this agreement will lead to efficiency, and it will lead to higher wages and more jobs in the United States.

I appreciate a man of your experience taking on this job, and it is so important for the American worker.

You know, Mr. Larson likes to say that Social Security is a really good insurance policy. It is the most effective insurance policy you can buy.

I think it would definitely affect the 600A wait time. I think it would probably cut down on the need for some of the employees and probably cut down on some of the needs for funding.

I am making it my goal in the immediate future to try to drag some of these agencies into the 21st century.

I would also like to thank the minority leader, Ms. Pelosi, for her plea on behalf of the DACA recipients. She certainly showed great passion and stamina. I do wonder, however, why she is so concerned now. This is not a new problem. All of…

But what I am confused about--I don't mean to badger you, I am sorry, but I just want to understand.