I do hope that sets a new standard for the Administration in replying to letters from this committee.

From the newest means to detect and diagnose conditions, to the cures and diseases that once were thought untreatable, innovation has led the way to bettering the lives of patients.

I am grateful to the chairman for holding this hearing, grateful to our panel for presenting to us today.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and certainly thank him for leading this rule on the floor this afternoon. This is an important vote we're going to have today. The rule that will bring various budgets to the floor is a very fair…

The amount of oil and gas that we produce and our safety record and our environment stewardship is a real testimony to the fact that we are proud of what we do.

It was 3 years ago tomorrow night that the President's affordable health care law, or bill, was pushed through this House of Representatives. On Friday, in CQ Healthbeat, an article was published where the Department of Health and Human…

America is on the cusp of having energy security, and with that, great paying jobs and revenue streams.

It is phenomenal what is happening in the oil and gas patch these days.

I think you are going to have a lot of people who go to sign up on their 21 page application on October 2nd or 3rd and find that the system is not ready for them.

I am going to tell you, in health care you don't get something for nothing. There is always a cost, and someone always pays it.

Let us set aside for a moment the question of whether it makes sense to borrow $2 trillion from foreign nations to pay for a new entitlement when current Medicare and Medicaid programs are in trouble.

I don't have the same confidence that the President has that he can continue to run trillion dollar deficits every year for another 4 years and there is no effect on the larger economy.