I yield myself 30 seconds. We very much favor the medical device industry. They agreed to pay for health insurance coverage. In 2011, Stryker had revenue of $8.37 billion on these products with a net income of $1.3 billion. Everybody is going to have to participate, as they promised, to make health care work. If everybody ducks out, people will go uninsured. It is now my privilege to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind).
On the recordJune 7, 2012
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