This is not regular order, and it is not the way I would have hoped to handle this bill, given our history of working together.

I am truly excited to hold this morning's hearing focusing on HR 1315, the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act.

All of you have ignored this transition. All of you.

I certainly want to thank you, Madam Chair, and I want to thank all the witnesses who have appeared before this subcommittee today.

During Roll Call Vote number 81 on H.J. Res. 37, the Buck Amendment, I mistakenly recorded my vote as Yes when I should have voted No. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was…

To answer your initial question, yes, the equal access and gender identity rule, which went into effect in 2016...

Since the Act was passed, approximately 20 million Americans have gained health coverage, including over a million in my State.

I want to--as I recall, when this Affordable Care Act was passed, there were millions of Americans who were without health insurance totally.

Ultimately, black and brown Americans have benefitted the most from the ACA's Medicaid expansion program.

I want to ask Ms. Hung, you've been sitting here patiently, remarkably, listening to a lot of discussion between experts.

I have been a Member of Congress for quite--for, as you have, for over 26 years, and this is my first time being a member of this subcommittee.

One aspect of the ACA that I like is insurance companies must now spend at least 80 percent of their premium on actual healthcare as opposed to other kinds of pay for CEOs and also for an increase of their profits.