Thank you all for being here this morning, and I truly appreciate your investment of time in looking at ways for us to help the average consumer have a better experience and, hopefully, a better price for their experience in healthcare.

if you've met your deductible, of course, your incentive for shopping goes down probably precipitously.

It does remind me of Secretary Azar's EKG that was mentioned earlier, $3,500 in the hospital versus $550 out of the hospital.

If what you say is true--and I have no reason to doubt you--that when people have the tools they need to shop around for care, both consumers and employers can save 50 percent or $250 billion that they can use for all types of services.

The reality is that a patchwork quilt of 50 different breach notification standards creates a race to the bottom.

Mr. Speaker, as Hurricane Florence threatens to strike South Carolina, I am grateful to Governor Henry McMaster, Adjutant General Bob Livingston, Attorney General Alan Wilson, as well as Kim Stenson, Director of the Emergency Management…

We recognize that the Army's intent is to improve and speed the modernization process.

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Murphy.

The President was very courageous to pull out of the flawed Iranian nuclear deal.

It's so positive to hear your messages.

Mr. Speaker, this week, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor John Bolton made the courageous decision to close the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, office in Washington. The PLO has…

Thank you very much.

And a concern that we have all had is to be able to change to the rapidly ever-changing technology. Do you feel like this can be achieved?

I want to thank our witnesses for being here today. And also, I want to thank, of course, Tom Hawley for his leadership on maintaining the 5-minute rule.

I would like to welcome each of you to the hearing of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on the new Army Futures Command.

For the benefit of each member of the subcommittee, we will adhere to the 5-minute rule for questions to the witnesses.

I want to appreciate again our ranking member, Madeleine Bordallo, for her bipartisan leadership on behalf of national security.

It has also been a great honor for the subcommittee today to meet in the Sam Johnson Room of the Rayburn House Office Building.