Ron Kind

this committee and this Congress should be working with you to get an IRS that is more responsive to the needs of the American public than this fishing expedition and witch hunt which has been going on for too long right now.

this fake rage occurring from the other side is just that. They are going after the IRS because of the political fodder that it brings to their base and it is unfortunate that we are having to conduct yet another witch hunt here today.

But what we also know around here is what does work. And what does work is pay-as-you-go budgetary rules. That was something that was in place during the 1990s with the support of President George H. W. Bush at the time and President…

I thank my friend for yielding me this time. For the record, Mr. Speaker, I was proud earlier this year to introduce the America's Small Business Tax Relief Act with my good friend and colleague from the Ways and Means Committee, Mr…

I think the political reality is we are not going to be able to move it before the elections.

I thank my friend for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the goal to permanently extend the research and development tax credit. Our businesses, large and small, need that certainty. They can't be trying to…

With all due respect to the chairman of the committee--and I do respect him, and he is a friend of mine--he knows as well as anyone that there is a big difference between permanency in the Tax Code and short-term measures to give us some…

You are never going to find any Member of Congress defending fraud, waste and abuse, whether it is Medicare or any other Federal program.

I thank my friend and colleague for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation before us today not because I believe it is a perfect answer to a problem that needs to be fixed but in order to make sure that…

I was unable to have my votes recorded on the House floor on Monday, April 28, 2014 and Tuesday April 29, 2014. Severe weather in the Midwest cancelled my flight out of Minneapolis on Monday afternoon, and again delayed me out of Chicago…

If you don't provide some transitional relief, you are going to get criticized for doing that, and if you do provide relief, you are criticized for not helping make the program collapse.

So there are some powerful trends that are leading to a reduction in overall health care spending, things that we should study and explore and try to sustain. But moving forward with an SGR repeal based on pay-fors that are being offered…

I thank my good friend from Colorado for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity in this session of Congress of getting rid of an onerous policy that has affected the delivery of health care throughout our country since…

I want to thank my good friend from Massachusetts for yielding me this time and for the leadership that he has shown on the nutrition title and for the plight of hunger throughout our country. It is commendable. Mr. Speaker, I have been…

I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding. Mr. Speaker, what turned out to be a silly exercise has suddenly turned into an insane exercise. We find ourselves, for the 40th time in the House of Representatives, debating repeal of the…

the real news is what the New York Times reported that Mr. Thompson cited, health plan costs for New Yorkers set to fall 50 percent.

I applaud the Administration's decision in this regard, that we feel it is important to get it right than to do it fast.

Son, you are going to face two critics in life, people who criticize you because they want to see you do better and those who criticize you because they want to see you fail.

We just want the facts of what is happening and what we need to do to prepare for what is coming up.

I believe the chairman has the right to close. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma has the right to close and does still have time.

How much time do I have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 4 minutes.

How much time remains, Mr. Chairman? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 2\3/4\ minutes. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 6\1/2\ minutes.

I yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 seconds. Ms. DeLAURO. GAO said that the cap would affect just under 4 percent. Crop insurance is the only farm support program subsidized by taxpayers and not subject to a payment limitation. This…

I want to thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue. As the former past Farm Bureau president in the State of Ohio and someone who is intimately familiar with these commodity programs, his lead has been crucial. He knows how the…

At this time, I'd like to yield 1 minute to my good friend, the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree).