If you do not owe Social Security to Americans that paid into it, then we do not owe the foreigners either.

I think we all recognize that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is important to us and a useful resource for Congress as we move forward to work together to reform the Medicare program, to make sure that it is there for generations…

I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, we have been here before. We're here today to talk about the Health Care Cost Reduction Act, and it's an act reducing costs from a bill that's called the Affordable Health Care…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I would say, Mr. Speaker, this bill does not have a real good track record, and we should vote for this Health Care Cost Reduction Act. I encourage my colleagues to do the same.

Yesterday was National Law Enforcement Memorial Day. This entire week is National Law Enforcement Week. Last year, we lost 163 police officers killed in the line of duty. So far this year, there have been 40 killed in the line of duty…

Not permanent, moving toward the future, and encouraging these new sciences and new technologies, I think, is a benefit to everyone who lives in this great country.

Number one, we all agree we want to be energy independent. Number two, that means getting off Mideastern oil and not being dependent upon that as our source.

This tax credit is absolutely vital to the continued growth and development of Tribal communities.

This common sense bill enables S corporations to access their own capital sooner.

It would really be a tremendous tax relief for our citizens. I urge your consideration.

Fifty-six percent of the private sector jobs in Washington State are in small businesses across this country.

These are the two extenders that leverage private capital to create jobs, both that face looming expirations, and both deserve the Committee's consideration on tax extenders.

As an outspoken critic of our nation's dependence on foreign oil, I ask for an extension of the renewable energy production tax credit.

Number one, we all agree we want to be energy independent. Number two, that means getting off Mideastern oil and not being dependent upon that as our source.

Even before we start to talk about jobs, you have to talk about the national security.

An estimated 37,000 American jobs are at risk if the PTC is not extended.

Where will businesses then find the money, though, to provide this health care coverage if there is additional cost, and they have this threat of $2,000 penalty and there is a $3,000 penalty if the health care offered is unaffordable.

The promise was you could keep your health care if you liked to keep your health care, but I am not sure if you knew that the President himself said...there might have been some language snuck into the health care law that runs contrary to…

We are finding out what is in it. And some of these things are very harmful to small businesses.

One of the things that the previous Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said is we have got to pass this bill first to find out what is in it.

The burden on businesses and then the individual mandates, and I know this might be outside of your scope a little bit, but I think it is good for those out there who might be watching us today to think about what happens if the individual…

2 years ago, the President's massive health care plan came before us, and then-Speaker Pelosi said we had to pass this bill to find out what was in it. Well, you know what? We're finding out what's in this bill. In the last 2 years, we've…

So this rationing board will threaten seniors' access to care in secret. There is absolutely no requirement for openness or transparency or for those bureaucrats to hold public meetings or consider input on its proposals. The IPAB, this…

Lowering the marginal rate for all businesses should be the goal of comprehensive tax reform.

I believe that Congress should build on the reforms started in 1986, including continuing to move businesses toward a single-tax system.