Ron Kind

We need to continue to move forward on delivery system reform, expecting better outcomes and better value at a better price.

I think one of the best things we can do as a nation to increase the solvency of the trust fund is to get this economy back on track creating good-paying jobs, would you agree with that?

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before any short title), insert the following new section: Sec. __. None of the…

I just don't think they can have it both ways, you know, demanding greater compliance and better enforcement, while at the same time drastically cutting your budget.

I think the ultimate verdict on health care reform is going to be not only changing the way health care is delivered, but how we pay for it.

I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the coauthor of this amendment, my friend from New York (Mr. Owens). {time} 1810

This just smacks of political retribution.

This appears to be a form of selective retribution or political retribution here.

I hope this is not an effort to try to silence voices of people who represent seniors in America.

I wasn't with you in 2004 when you were supporting the Medicare Modernization Act, which also created the new prescription drug benefit plan for seniors, and the main reason I wasn't was because it was largest expansion of entitlement…

But in Colombia specifically, there are still some lingering concerns about worker rights and the violence against labor in that country.

What is really ironic in this debate is that cotton prices are at an all-time high in the marketplace, and yet it shows the built-up resistance in this institution to get to the hard work of reforming these farm subsidy programs, which is…

I respect my colleagues' position. The answer is not to create a new $150 American subsidy program going to Brazil. The answer is to reform our programs now in the United States.

I contacted Beth to find out what her family's situation was in this particular case. She told me that because little Henry had a stroke before he was born, literally by the time he took his first breath in life, he was uninsurable because…

I think there is a sense of fundamental unfairness for average working families, individuals, small business owners.

I rise in strong support of reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act. What this legislation is about is making sure the United States of America remains the most innovative and creative Nation in the world, that we stay on the cutting…

H.R. 2499 shuts the door to a new White House and essentially follows old, tainted and discredited views on what to do about Puerto Rico.

Frankly, that is a dumb, very wasteful strategy.

To me, comparative effectiveness and moving to an outcomes-based reimbursed system isn't about cost or rationing; it is about rewarding what works and let us stop rewarding what doesn't work in health care.

I thank you for inviting me to testify today, and I ask that you continue to consider tribal input on climate change.

Our strength in facing the many challenges that exist today will be greater with greater understanding of treaty-protected rights.

Climate change is real and its effects are already being felt in the rivers and streams of the Pacific Northwest.

We have to start addressing these things, the U.S. Government and our leadership throughout our country.

It would require, for the first time, because, right now, there is no statutory or regulatory requirement for the Forest Service or BLM to take in the impact of climate change on wildlife populations on our public lands.