Lamar Smith: “I would also like to make a public commitment to Ranking Member Johnson that the Committee will hold a hearing on her…”

I believe it is important to make very clear with this legislation that CMS should not waive any Medicaid state plan requirements that would limit the freedom to choose qualified Medicaid providers who can provide medical services to…

First of all, let me thank the gentleman from South Carolina, Congressman Ralph Norman, for yielding me this time to speak in support of his bill, H.R. 6398, the Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act. I also want to say, I…

In closing, I would just like to thank the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Bonamici) for all of her good work on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee over several years' time. I also want to express my appreciation to her for being…

It is not easy to summarize 32 years in Congress, but I will try. Politics comes from the Greek word ``polites,'' meaning citizens, and they are the source of our country's strength. What I remember most, what was especially meaningful…