Mr. Speaker, I was on official business on last Friday, July 8, with the privilege of seeing the last shuttle launch in Florida, the Atlantis, a very important issue for my congressional district and, I might say, a mighty, magnificent…

Thank you very much for leading us in this discussion. The message should be albeit we have some concerns, we are not broke. We need to fix jobs and investment and we need to save Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. They have not…

I thank you for your passion. What you're saying makes me think what we're doing even to the younger generation because you just made a point that it's lasted for over half a century, if I could use that term, over 50 years. And it is a…

I am so glad to have the opportunity to join the gentleman from New York and to specifically focus on his leadership, along with my colleague from Maryland, who, as we were developing the Affordable Care Act, worked so hard on some of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $650,000)''. Page 33, line 18, after the…

Don't touch Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

I appreciate it. Let me just say, breast cancer accounts for one in four cancer diagnoses among women. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2011, more than 26,000 African American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and…

I want to take a moment, since I have just followed my amendment, to thank Mr. Young and Mr. Dicks for seeing an expanded category of individuals suffering from PTSD and accepting my amendment and working with us. I want to thank Dr. Broun…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $600,000)''. Page 33, line 18…

I want to express my appreciation to Mr. Young, who is the chairman of the subcommittee, and to Mr. Dicks, who is the ranking member, for their long years of service. To my colleagues, good news today: the announcement came that the…

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, I stand here this morning as someone who has opposed the Iraq war and consistently opposed the Afghanistan war under both Republican and Democratic Presidents. I think it is important to stop the…