At this time, I would yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California, who is the cochair of the Foster Youth Caucus and who has actively participated in coming to the hearings in our committee because of her great interest in…

One addition to this bill from 2008 deals with the question of Medicare fraud. I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), the cosponsor of legislation dealing with that and a member of the Ways and Means Health…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, my colleague, Chairman Johnson, and I hope the Senate will respond this time to our action. I yield back the balance of my time.

I think your testimony is really helpful and your ongoing participation.

It is my hope that we can use today's hearing and the expert witnesses that we have together with us in the hearing to perfect this legislation before its bipartisan consideration here in the House.

Yet we recognize each year that there are thousands of children who face this cruel fate.

So I just wanted to make clear, while very sympathetic to the comments that you made, Mr. Sanders, that it was not my intention as we redrafted the bill to tie the hands of the commission or to deny it an opportunity to go wherever the…

I am pleased that, with your personal leadership and that of Chairman Dave Camp, we are moving forward in a bipartisan manner to pass legislation to reduce the number of children who are exposed each year to abuse and neglect.

We want some people who are actively involved, and so, since last year, changing it to have half of those appointees come from within the Congress.

Thank you, I am pleased to formally introduce Madeline McClure, who is the Director of the Texas Association for the Protection of Children.

by creating this national commission, we will be taking a step, an important step in the right direction.

As one who believes in the value of work, I voted for the 1996 law to transform welfare to workfare. Now as the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee overseeing this law, I want to strengthen reform and assure that every able-bodied…

But the marine corporal, the single mom who is trying to get her daughter or son through college, they would actually see their taxes go up under this simplified fast-track Republican approach. So those who are trying to get their toehold…

Reviewing this Republican bill before us, I found that there were many of its findings and purposes with which I fully agree. ``The Tax Code is unfair.'' . . . ``The Tax Code violates fundamental principles of equal justice.''…

Now is not the time to let the Republicans raise taxes on thousands of Texas families in order to provide more tax breaks for a privileged few. Republicans would hike the taxes by almost $500 for a married marine corporal with 4 years of…

This is not a matter of frustration. It is a matter of the proper oversight of this committee over the actions of CMS.

I want to express my full agreement with the comments that you have made here this morning.

I don't agree with Chairman Herger, that this has anything to do with the Affordable Health Care Act, because it has been going on so long.

We have had bipartisan agreement about the severity of this problem and the need to address it.

The problem is that CMS never agreed that this was a priority, or that it needed any attention.

I believe, Mr. Chairman, that until we go ahead and pass legislation on this, we are not going to get the action that is necessary.

``I have lived through a terminal illness while struggling to get well and struggling to get and keep my insurance. I have been denied insurance because of a preexisting condition. I have lived this. It is very real for me. Today I breathe…

I couldn't agree with you more.

We attempted to respond to both types of informed decisions with the Affordable Care Act, and, over time, want the availability, particularly the expansion of access for poorer people to health care, remove any cliff or disincentive to…

If I have a high-tech employee in Austin who has a great idea for a start-up, but a family of children with serious illnesses, it is an informed decision for that person to stay with their group health insurance rather than go out and…