Lowerment insurance costs are higher for families. The president even said hell meet with anybody who has a better idea. We do have a better idea, mr. Speaker. Over 120 members of congress, including medical doctors, have cosponsored the American Health care reform act. We took the president up on his promise now almost three months ago and the president has refused to fulfill that promise of meeting with anybody who has a better idea. He wont even sit down and talk with us about a better idea to put patients back in charge of health care. There is a better way. We ought to treat people fairly. This bill does it. I urge cooperation. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlewoman from kansas reserves. The gentleman from washington. Mr. Mcdermott is the lady from kansas ready to close . Ms. Jenkins i see no other speakers, so im prepared to close. Mr. Mcdermott i have one member in transit. Let me say a few things until he ge
Free people to govern themselves and peace. Mindful of this great heritage and the hard work and sacrifices of so Many American ancestors to us all, may the members of this peoples house deliberate in good faith, mindful not only of shortterm interests but of their place in history and of the tremendous responsibility to govern wisely for a Bright Future for our nation. May all that is done this day, in the wake of our national celebration, be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from North Carolina, mrs. Foxx. Ms. Foxx please join in the pledge to our wonderful flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for
Safety net of medicare and social security. And the Koch Brothers dont care about guarantee of affordable, Quality Health insurance for every american. Thats obvious from the misleading ads that they have paid for all over the country. Why . Because the Koch Brothers can afford to buy all the benefits and more for themselves and their families. This means abolishing social security, medicare, their extreme vision for america means eliminating minimum wage laws. They are extreme vision means putting Insurance Companies back in charge of your health care and denying health care for preens. Preexisting conditions. They are vision means stripping tens of millions of people of the benefits of the Affordable Care act today. Their extreme vision for america means allowing the gap between the wages women and men earn to keep growing. Their vision means giving giant corporations the unfettered right to dump toxins into our rivers and streams and valleys and to give them even more tax breaks whi
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The House Republican shouldnt be allowed to go forward with a lawsuit. Then you have two noted constitutional experts for the. Epublicans theyre going to make the argument of why the house does have standing to sue the president over his executive actions on the employer mandate and obamacare. They do keep churning their way through the 2015 spending bill. What do they have for next week . They will go to irs appropriations. This is definitely going to be a chance for the House Republicans to really punish the irs for the Tea Party Targeting controversy, as well as other controversies it has gotten itself in. Decreased funding there is ahead for the irs. , this Isr John Cornyn part of the statement he made president requested 3. 7 billion dollars from congress. When will they finally hold a hearing on that . Yet to bes determined. You have republicans saying theyre not thrilled with that amount. A number of Texas Republicans told us that they are not feeling any rush to really go throu