This transparency bill lacks transparency on two of the major problems that are impacting soaring healthcare costs. The only reason to reject transparency for, first, private equity and, second, Medicare Advantage is that they have got…

The activities and the incidents that you describe are totally unacceptable and alarming.

This bill is soft on war crimes. The massacres in Mariupol, Bucha, and the kidnapping of Ukrainian children, similar to what happened in Israel, are all crimes against humanity. Like the Holocaust, there is no ``other side'' justifying…

I share the Chairman's concern and that of most of the witnesses about our soaring national debt and the need for this Congress to do more.

Eight years ago, I introduced the very first surprise billing legislation in the Congress, and I was inspired by stories like the one Ms. Spicer referred to.

the way the system is now, with all the improvements that may be needed in the system, it is the health care provider, are you saying, that prevails 71 percent of the time?

Passage of this act is not about what this administration has or has not done, but that it reflects the broad determination of this body, the Congress, the Representatives of the people of the United States, to speak out against a brutal…

It has been 1 year since the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in Iran, and it has been 1 year during which revulsion to repression has given birth to so many courageous Iranians expressing their defiance of arbitrary restrictions on…

If we set a reasonable minimum on taxation, we would be competing with other countries not on whether we could have a race to the bottom with the lowest possible taxes, but on things like education, our justice system, our workforce, our…

Republicans have been doing all that they can to protect that tax evasion.

American multi-nationals reported $60 billion in profits in the Cayman Islands in 2019.

When these profitable multi-nationals can shift profits... we all lose.

Since first joining this Ways and Means Committee more than 20 years ago, one of my top priorities has been shutting down abusive offshore tax havens.

The Joint Committee on Taxation looked at the facts, at the effect of the 2017 Trump Republican tax scam.

We can't just be a go-it-alone if we want to be a true leader in the world.

A strong military is certainly essential at a time when we face so many threats, from Russia's war crimes in Ukraine to threats from the People's Republic of China and North Korea to constant cyberattacks. Paying for this security is very…

The gentleman has repeated his stated intent to provide the protection that his bill denies, and I would refer him, again, to page 3, line 2 of this bill as it was presented in committee, and the failure to refer to section 2791(b)(5) of…

I say to the chairman, he is absolutely correct. I referred to the Build Back Better instead of the American Rescue Plan. It is easy to get confused about them. The American Rescue Plan was, of course, signed into law and has helped so…

Millions of Americans are finding the security and the peace of mind that comes from having access to a family physician through the Affordable Care Act. If the gentleman has been listening to the American people, he has turned a tin ear…

As a cosponsor of this legislation, I recognize the importance of our engagement with Taiwan economically, as well as our military presence to deter conflict and to maintain safe passage through the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea…

The chairman of our committee says that there were great gifts to insurance companies. What the Build Back Better bill did was to give individuals additional tax credits. Some Republicans call those tax cuts, but they were credits given to…

I would say to the gentleman from Michigan, I am sure there are many Republicans who want to assure good healthcare to all people. The problem is with this specific bill. The one-page amendment that I offered could have guaranteed these…

Let me respond to the gentleman from Pennsylvania. He says there is nothing in this bill about preexisting conditions and discrimination, and he is absolutely right. That is the whole failing of this bill. It does not include the…

I hope my colleagues will join us in supporting it, recommitting this, pursuing the objective of better healthcare for all, and protecting all Americans from preexisting condition barriers, and ensuring they are not the subject of…

This amendment has a rather nominal effect in not improving what is a very bad and deceptive bill. It is appealing to talk about rural areas. I am concerned about those rural areas, about the chicken pluckers, about the meatpackers, about…