I thank the gentleman for participating this evening. It means a lot to me individually that he was willing to come up and stay up late with us tonight yet one more night dealing with the Affordable Care Act. But the gentleman is quite…

Well, as the gentleman knows, he and I spent--what was it--27\1/2\ hours in a committee markup 2 weeks ago getting us to this point. So the gentleman from Texas thanks the gentleman from Georgia for his part and his participation. That was…

Of course, the gentleman was not here in 2009-2010 when this thing came down the pike, but you may remember the townhall meetings from that summer, that August of 2009, and they were pretty intense. We hear a lot about townhall meetings…

I thank the Speaker for the recognition. Mr. Speaker, October of last year, October of 2016, Bill Clinton, speaking in front of a group of people in Michigan, said: So you have got this crazy system. There are all these people out there…

I also want to take a minute to applaud my friend from Oregon, Rep. Schrader, and Rep. Bilirakis, for working together on pursuing additional ways to promote more generic competition.

Reauthorizing improved generic and biosimilar user fee programs will lead to timelier approvals and lower drug costs. It's that simple.

It is important. I am glad we are able to come together in a bipartisan fashion to make this happen.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 123 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 123 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

House Resolution 123 provides for a rule to consider two Congressional Review Act resolutions which will undo burdensome and harmful regulations put into place by the Obama administration during the final hours of his Presidency. The rule…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for the consideration of two critical Congressional Review Act resolutions to repeal burdensome Federal regulations dropped on the doorstep of the American…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), the ranking member of the Rules Committee, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of…

I include in the Record a letter written to the Honorable Sylvia Mathews Burwell signed by 110 Members of the House and Senate to express strong opposition to the Department of Health and Human Services' September 7, 2016, notice of…