I thank the gentleman for his good work on the budget. Mr. Speaker, the budget is about choices, and those choices involve arithmetic. Apparently, the Republican strategy on the budget does not recognize arithmetic. When you start with a…

Last year, 325,000 Americans serving through AmeriCorps and SeniorCorps invested 155 million hours of service to their communities.

I remind my distinguished colleague from Virginia that his vote for this bill will result in 56,100 more people from his congressional district in Virginia losing health care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the Mariana…

I remind my colleague that his vote for this bill will result in making things worse by 58,600 people in his district losing their healthcare coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wilson).

I remind my colleague that his vote for this bill will result in 51,700 people in his district losing their coverage and care. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American…

I remind my colleague that his vote for this bill will result in 63,900 people from his congressional district in Florida losing healthcare coverage and care. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236, noes 175, not voting 18, as follows: [Roll No. 186] AYES--236…

I appreciate the intent of the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Washington, which seems to allow health association plans that are currently in existence to continue to operate under existing State and Federal law. In fact, giving…

I just want to quote from another letter that we received from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. They say: ``We have very serious concerns that H.R. 1101 would create preferential rules that would allow an AHP to be entirely exempt from…

I would point out that when one size fits all, everybody can benefit; but when you start picking and choosing winners and losers, some will benefit and many others will lose. Under this bill, a fortunate few who get into association plans…

Would the Chair advise us how much time is available on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 14\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from North Carolina has 16\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to H.R. 985. In addition to the legislation's many problems that have already been mentioned by my colleagues, I am particularly concerned about what the bill does in the so-called…

Well, that part of the Affordable Care Act has actually improved the quality of service. There are other things in the Affordable Care Act, such as funding for education of more providers, more doctors and nurses, and other providers…

I don't blame the gentleman. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the Affordable Care Act. As we discuss this, as he has indicated, it helps a little bit to talk about what the situation was before the Affordable Care Act passed. We…

I thank the gentleman from California for organizing the Special Order so that we could actually discuss some of the problems with going forward without a CBO score, without knowing what we are doing. Certainly, it is not an improvement in…

The gentleman indicated, in rural areas, one of the things that we have done is funded community health centers, which provides, where there are no professionals, a community health center where you can actually go to get comprehensive…

The clinics will shut down. Insurance companies will stop writing insurance if people can wait until they get sick before they buy insurance. The insurance companies reacted to that system in Washington State by selling nobody any…

In fact, when we passed the Affordable Care Act, the estimated cost on a family policy was about $1,000 a year on the family policy for uncompensated costs shifted on to the insured public. In fact, in Virginia, it is estimated that…

That is right. When everybody pays an average, if you allow some people to pay more, some people are going to pay less, but it is a zero-sum game. Every time they show somebody can pay less, then know that somebody will pay more. They have…

To add insult to injury, part of the scheme is to allow insurance companies to charge senior citizens even more. Right now they are limited to three times what they charge everybody else. Their bill allows up to five times. That is a…

Shortly after the Affordable Care Act passed and went into effect, a young lady approached me in a store--she was a clerk in a store--and said: Bobby, don't let them repeal ObamaCare because my son is alive today because of ObamaCare. I…

Before I yield to the gentleman from Florida. The law requires the keeping the records for 5 years. If there are bogus records, you ought to have an obligation to keep them correct. That has been the interpretation for 40 years, up until…

Our country is experiencing a retirement security crisis. Nearly 40 million private sector workers do not have access to a retirement savings plan at their jobs. The data and research also show that many middle- and low-income workers lack…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong opposition of H.J. Res. 57. This resolution takes aim at the heart of the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. That bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. This resolution…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.J. Res. 58, the joint resolution of disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation programs. This resolution…