I have an appreciation of small business owners' concerns and challenges in buying health insurance, which is why I speak in support today of the Affordable Care Act.

Please never forget what makes America great: the freedom to pursue dreams and become the best we can be by providing equal opportunity, not equal outcome.

Well, those incentives stop in 2016. Another thing, when I look at that, why would you have written a bill where if someone's salary goes up a little bit, the incentive goes down.

The American healthcare system is the greatest in the world, but it cost too much money to go to the doctor.

The PPACA imposes numerous tax hikes that will slow economic growth, reduce employment and suppress wages.

We still have a long way to go before we reach the height of prosperity our families, employers and workers once enjoyed.

Thank you once again, Chairman Roe, and members of the committee, for your interest in learning more about the needs we want on reform.

Healthcare should not be a Republican or Democrat problem. It's an American problem.

It took $550 billion out of an already underfunded Medicare plan.

I know it's a commitment shared by Representative Kelly and many of our colleagues across the country as well.

We have a liability crisis in America.

46 percent of small business owners cited fear of government regulations.

How can you discuss overall medical reform when you don't even discuss for one minute tort reform, medical malpractice and defensive medicine?

There are countless issues in the 111th Congress, 115 of them this year. Not one time was I asked about anything in the 2,500 page bill, which I read in its entirety.

That's a good deal.

We don't have enough companies making profits. Because the last time I looked, tax revenues drive all of these opportunities.

Thank you all sincerely for being here.

The vast majority expressed concerns about the state of the economy and poor sales.