I want to thank Chairman Garrett and, of course, Ranking Member Waters for holding this important hearing on municipal finance.

Many of them tell us it is not making their lives easier.

This hearing will hopefully highlight some of those concerns.

Madam President, I am here today to talk about the state of manufacturing in this country, how we can do better, and how we can create more jobs here at home. The Bring Jobs Home Act is a good bill that will help keep jobs in this country…

Being from a more rural part of the country, I keep getting that feedback from our small banks and credit unions about the compliance costs with all these new rules that are coming out.

I want to make sure that we do not restrict financial institutions from providing consumers with the power to choose.

Thank you, Chairwoman Capito, for holding this very important hearing.

Now, this sounds like a 9/11 deja vu, and I am wondering that the Department of Homeland Security is going to do to make sure that everybody who is in a flight school is properly vetted, if they are a foreign national.

One of the biggest problems we have is visa overstays.

The challenge for all of us is to figure out how to deliver care to them in a way that meets their needs but does not cost our health care system a fortune.

This is not acceptable.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Protecting American Trade Secrets and Innovation Act of 2012. This legislation will help American companies protect their valuable trade secrets by giving them the additional option of seeking…

The health care law, it was supposedly funded for 10 years by about half a trillion dollars in taxes, fees and penalties, and about a half a trillion dollars, $500 billion, in reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare Advantage.

How do you manage this $3.8 trillion a year beast?

In terms of trying to limit the increase in costs, and I think that's about all you can really do in health care, unfortunately.

I appreciate that. We are working with CRS right now trying to--I am trying to get my head around the problem.

What about subtracting? What is the process?

If you were to guess, which model do you think would be superior?