Phil Gingrey: “An overly restrictive regulatory process will stifle innovation and ultimately lead to erosion in the quality of care.”

Let me first commend Chairman Upton and our colleague from Colorado, Ms. DeGette, for spearheading this bipartisan endeavor.

As educators and legislators, we must not neglect our duties to equip these young people, our children, these students, with the tools and the knowledge to build a successful career.

I assure you that there is a plan. There may be a few people in this town that want to pretend that there is no plan. But there is.

It made no sense to cut $300 billion out of a program that 29 percent of Medicare beneficiaries had chosen.