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…

The richest one-fifth of Americans are reported to own 84 percent of the wealth of this country.

Do each of our witnesses agree that it is important to maintain in its current form the Earned Income Tax Credit?

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…

I believe that is a mischaracterization of those important initiatives that help those who are struggling to become part of the middle class.

Thank you for your insightful testimony. As I understand it, this universal credit is a new approach that you are just beginning to pilot or implement?

For policymakers to best understand the impacts of the policies under review, we must investigate not just any work disincentives they may engender, but also work incentives.

The focus of this hearing is not on the 1,500 millionaires who paid zero income tax in a recent year.

I agree with the concept of reform but not with repeal so that we have access to health insurance for our workers here.

We know that the Russians have harassed and libeled our very excellent ambassador, Ambassador McFaul, to Russia.

So some property owners will be unable to donate their land. Instead of continuing the previous bipartisan commitment to the missions, this bill reflects the same ideological extreme so evident in our larger public policy debates, like…

I thank the gentlewoman. Madam Speaker, I rise to focus attention upon one provision in this legislation, perhaps a few rose petals hidden in a very unnecessary thicket of painful thorns that are the center of this legislation. Recently…

The Magnitsky case is not about one of the many courageous human rights protesters in Russia; it is directly linked to trade.

We know that the Russians' main interest in trade of late appears to have been forwarding weapons to the Assad government in Syria.

I believe for a number of years that we needed to move forward with Russia entering the WTO and with the repeal of Jackson-Vanik.

Even the Washington Post editorial board... says that a bill that grants Russia trade preferences and removes human rights conditions hardly seems the right response to Mr. Putin's recent behavior.

Well, Mr. Speaker, our long wait is over. A year and a half after their move to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Republicans are back with the ``replace'' part of their ``Repeal and Replace'' slogan. And rather than offering an answer…

Because whenever it is about depleting the Treasury's ability to fund those affordable needs for our country, they don't worry too much about the deficit. $46 billion earlier in the year; this bill is part of a package of almost $42…

Throughout this debate there's only one thing that both sides agree upon, and that is that this transportation bill ought to move forward, and move forward expeditiously. This transportation bill has not moved forward expeditiously because…

How much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 9\1/2\ minutes, and the gentleman from New York has 27 minutes.

How much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 21 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from New York has 27 minutes remaining.

This transportation conference bill is appropriately focused on the transportation systems, on improving them and sustaining them across our country. But there is one important provision of this measure, as approved by the United States…

I have a motion to instruct the conferees on the transportation conference bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Doggett moves that the managers on the part of the House at the…

Does the gentleman from New York anticipate that he will have any further speakers this afternoon?

Yes, we do. I would like to inquire if the gentleman from New York has anyone to defend opposition to this measure.