Ron Kind

I supported it, because looking back in retrospect, if we had a balanced budget amendment in place, it might have made it a little bit difficult to pass the 2001, 2003 tax cuts without paying for them or entering into two major wars in…

I mean, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month the day President Obama was sworn in; $17 trillion of wealth was already destroyed in the stock market; and you inherited a $1.5 trillion annual budget deficit.

I believe that a global economic power like us has to have the ability to make and invent and produce things again.

I love your phrase, bring science to the point of care.

I thank my friend from California for yielding me this time. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the resolution. I do so because I believed at the time when the CLASS Act was inserted in the Affordable Care Act it wasn't a sustainable…

Today I rise in support of H.J. Res. 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment. The Balanced Budget Amendment is now the only check on the last decade Republican fiscal mismanagement. It is a practical solution to the last decade of Republican…

May I inquire, does the majority side have an extra minute that they could spare?

the only reason you see a chart like this is just to score cheap political points and to confuse people.

If we are going to be serious at all about trying to attack the number of uninsured, you have to do something to deal with small businesses to make it more affordable.

I am grateful for the gentleman from Michigan's allotment of time. I rise in strong support of the three trade agreements before us today: the Colombia agreement, Panama, as well as South Korea. Let me explain why. For too long, I feel the…

I thank my good friend and colleague from the committee for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, many of us have been rising throughout the course of the debate today talking about the merits of the three pending trade agreements before…

I rise in strong support of the U.S.-Korea trade agreement today as I have in support of Colombia and Panama as well. Madam Speaker, the Korea trade agreement is another example of President Obama and his team at USTR, led by Ambassador…

I do subscribe to Cordell Hull's theory on trade. He once stated that trade is more than just goods and products crossing borders because, when that occurs, armies don't. These are an important tool in our diplomatic arsenal and also part…

I thank my friend. As I mentioned in committee last week during the markup, I think it would make sense if the committee, Ways and Means that had jurisdiction, were to hold some hearings as we move forward on ways that we can improve the…

It seems to me that what you have been able to achieve there through this collaboration of employers is a model we ought to be looking at nationwide.

As one of the former cochairs of the Congressional Sportsmen Caucus, and very active in that organization, I rise in support of the Dicks amendment and in opposition to the underlying bill. It is unfortunate that Ranking Member Dicks has…

For years, I have been leading the effort for farm bill reform to end these taxpayer subsidies going to a few but large agribusinesses that distort the market, distort trade policies. It's not helping our family farmers. Finally discussion…

As one of the former cochairs and leaders of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, the largest, bipartisan, bicameral caucus in this Congress, I reluctantly rise in strong opposition to this Interior appropriations bill. Mr. Chairman, this…

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?

the Ryan plan, the Republican plan that was just passed is that they would do away with all these reforms and instead create a voucher plan that virtually ends Medicare

I do rise in support of my friend, my colleague from Oregon's amendment this evening. I am not sure if a $125,000 payment limitation is the right amount, but this isn't a new concept. There has been a lot of discussion about payment…

My amendment is very straightforward, and in a second I'm going to explain it in more detail. For many, many years now, I and a group of bipartisan Members of this Congress have formed a coalition in an attempt to move farm bill reform…

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…