WALLY HERGER: “The reason I support this legislation is because it will place constraints on the Clinton/Gore administration's ability…”

I strongly believe that these resources belong to the people and local needs should drive their management.

the unemployment is over 20 percent. The tax base is very limited.

I appreciate the commission's work to figure out which approaches can improve the coordination of care in our too often fragmented health care system.

While I believe that market approaches hold great promise for improving the situation, my intent is to use the information we learn from this hearing as a starting point for further assessment of the consolidation issue.