David Roe

Pension promises were made to these miners and their families, and these promises need to be kept.

Strengthening retirement security has always been a difficult challenge with no easy answers.

These are the overarching principles behind the discussion draft Chairman Kline recently released.

That puts the convenience over competition and savings.

I don't care if it is a pulse oximeter, a blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, whatever you're looking at.

It's the--in our Veterans Choice Act, when the Committee on care came--the VA seems to always agree, but it's implementation of it that seems to be held up.

A rush in the VA is an oxymoron, Mr. Giddens. And now since I've been here, I haven't seen them get in a rush for anything.

And I just wonder if you think we can do it, because if you could, I think you would truly transform the health care system that veterans receive.

I think that we have to sit down and evaluate what those assets are and where you can get the best care.

This is probably the most important piece of work I have seen in my almost eight years here in Congress.

We agree that local control is essential. Accountability is essential and desegregation of data is essential to find out that our children--their needs are not being met.

I think we have an opportunity where the States can broaden how they define excellent education and make their definition more well rounded than the narrow focus on English and math assessments like we saw during the No Child Left Behind…

There is no way on this Earth that not-for-profit--as a matter of fact, I have to write them a check when I get home--there is no way in the world that they can comply with this.

In my opinion, the way the other side, Dr. Bernstein, you are an advisor to the President, believe that raising the minimum wage and doing this salary is actually helping the economy. It is not.

I mean, those two things together do not make sense.

If you fix that problem, I think you've gone a long way to fixing the other.

Well, the way the VA's capitated model works is it just creates waste.

I'm probably going to take a little bit different vantage point on this.

I think that's the problem I have seen with--I am on the Veteran's Affairs Committee and one of the problems I have with this place is the lack of accountability.

The indiscretions of a few will hurt the many who do good.

I happen to be an obstetrician. As I spent 31 years doing that, delivering about 5,000 babies, I am strongly pro-life.

One of the biggest barriers to education today is cost.

I have to give credit to Governor Haslan in the State of Tennessee.

I believe this top down approach we do here, where we try to tell you what to do, is the wrong way.

In the U.S., we are 50th in the world in suicide, and I am proud of the fact that we are really pointing it out.