Ron Kind: “I think there will be great resistance with current Medicare beneficiaries for any increased cost sharing that might be…”

Our trade agenda is seriously off the rails, and it needs to get back on track quickly, or we are going to be suffering economically as a consequence.

I thank my friend from Texas for yielding me this time. I am an original sponsor of the original bill, which became the basis of this bill, the Retirement Enhancement Security Act. Unfortunately, today this bill is not that bill. A lot has…

I thank my friend for yielding. I rise in opposition to the rule and to the underlying bill because it is a missed opportunity. I had offered numerous, fiscally responsible reform amendments to improve the bill, all of which were rejected…

Even with that introduction, I thank my very good friend and colleague from Colorado for holding this Special Order. I am honored actually to be on the House floor with so many of my esteemed colleagues, who have taken a back seat to no…