Whatever this side of the dais wanted was absolutely irrelevant because the Democrats had a 50-vote majority in the House and a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. You know, today's vote culminates a nearly 2-year investigation into how the administration has mismanaged the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program, allowing the loss of $535 million in the…

Title 42 is a special hiring provision that Congress explicitly gave to HHS through the Public Health Services to allow HHS to attract the best and brightest.

this whole process needs to be tightened up.

What happens if the States don't create an exchange? Well, a Federal exchange will impose a public option.

As a physician and now as a legislator, I, frankly, do not understand the way our government continues to treat those who care for America's patients. Earlier this month, I introduced legislation, H.R. 6142, to provide a 1-year extension…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I wanted to make one point on this new Congressional Budget Office score that was provided today. And I know some people are looking at that and saying the cost for the program, for the Affordable Care…

Look, it doesn't have to be this way. That's what's so disappointing about every aspect of the Affordable Care Act. I don't want to get too far into it, but we know now that this law was written by special interest groups, secret deals…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course the doctor from Maryland makes an excellent point about having an insurance card--in this case, a Medicare card--that it does not necessarily guarantee access to care. I would see it literally…

Almost a month after the Supreme Court has issued its decision on the so-called Affordable Care Act, we have all had time to think and dissect their opinion and start to predict how this landmark ruling will affect each and every one of…

Now, asthma sufferers who find themselves awakened at 2:00 a.m. with an unexpected attack and who don't have other medicines in the home don't have immediate access to an inhaler.

A replacement inhaler has been before the Food and Drug Administration's approval board for some time, but the FDA has taken no action to allow for another over-the-counter inhaler to be available for consumers.