Steve Cohen

Would you explain to me then why the victims were never allowed to testify on the record in this Congress and were never given an opportunity even though the subcommittee chairman valiantly and heroically tried to rectify that?

This afternoon, I was supposed to be in Memphis with the head of the faith-based group from Washington. Because of the sequester, she wasn't able to travel. Because of the shutdown, I'm here. So we had 42 pastors come to my office with the…

I would like to thank you for your service to our country in this important position.

I take Mr. McManus' article as being accurate.

Regulations have benefits, too, and there is a lot of good in regulations.

You have got the kind of moral rectitude this Congress needs and that would make us a better Congress if you stayed.

That was before Barack Obama was even a State Senator.

I am even more happy that I voted for the Affordable Care Act today than I ever was.

Is that really good for the people?

I think $500 million we may be giving up a year by not expanding.

In the State of Tennessee, I think we have not decided to expand our Medicaid. Our Governor there has a problem with his Senate, which is catching up.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was on the floor on SNAP and some other things trying to preserve food for hungry children and veterans and people without opportunities otherwise to have a meal.

I hope that we can have a serious discussion on the important antitrust issues before us today.

In this House that I serve in the 113th Congress, 40 times there has been an attempt to repeal Obamacare.

That is $1.2 billion with a ``B'' monies paid back.

$12 billion was returned to American citizens and how many millions of people?

I would say that she should be very proud.

In what I'm sure is no surprise to the Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for 5 minutes.

Thank you. I appreciate you bringing this amendment. There are a whole lot of opportunities for the people of west Tennessee to benefit from it. We are an area that has been known to have tornados; we have the potential for an earthquake…

I find it interesting that today we're talking about the country is in such danger because of ObamaCare and regulations and rules and all these other things President Obama has done, and the Dow Jones Industrial average almost hit an…

I, too, was alive when Richard Nixon was doing his service, and I remember him getting on that helicopter, waving good-bye. There were regulations that made sure that he was able to get away from Washington and get home to California, and…

I'll just reiterate that this is a bad amendment to a bad bill. It basically puts the interests of special industry--the gas and oil industry, particularly--above the American public's health, clean air, and the environment. If you want to…

I would reserve what few precious minutes and seconds I may have left, and I would like to be informed of how many precious minutes and seconds I have. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Tennessee has 2 minutes remaining.

I would like to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Houston, Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), home of Archie Bell and the Drells. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Before I yield to Mr. Johnson, I would say that I could respond to some of the statements that the gentleman from Alabama made, but I won't do it because I have the highest respect for him. He's one of the finest Members of this House. I…