Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for correctly outlining that suicide amongst veterans that have recently attracted national headlines, and appropriately so.

House Resolution 717 provides for consideration of H.R. 3522, the Employer Health Care Protection Act. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate controlled by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, equally divided between the majority and…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

I was required by law to report to State authorities if I thought a child had been abused, let alone was a victim of sexual assault.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 717 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 717 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

At this time, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), who will provide our closing.

I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Kansas, Congresswoman Jenkins, the author of the bill.

I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and yield back the balance of my time.

I think we all learned a lot. It is just ironic that as we are proceeding with the Cures Initiative, and trying to remove some of the barriers, we are trying to facilitate the faster Cures, the promise of the 21st Century, that this…

The Committee on Energy and Commerce has embarked upon an ambitious plan to advance the cures of the 21st century and to make them a reality for today's patients and physicians. I spent, indeed, part of August doing roundtables for the…

My personal belief is that we will never see the employer mandate.