Peter Roskam

The ACA is failing to stabilize the health insurance marketplace.

I thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga) and also Chairman Hensarling for their consistent and persistent work on this issue. My friend from California mentioned a minute ago her disappointment. Well, if you want to talk about…

Okay. So then can we at least get some comfort in the knowledge that after that 60- or 90-day period, those kinds of claims are not--false claims are not happening anymore?

How is it possible that there is not--I mean, at some point the Social Security office makes a declaration that this person has passed away?

We have got to do things better, smarter, faster, and cheaper, and more efficiently.

I think what is actually emerging is a consensus on this issue and that there are a lot of people now--and it is a consensus that is based on necessity.

The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating) has done good work here and we are deeply appreciative, and I think all Americans are when they learn about what is in this piece of legislation. It enjoys broad bipartisan support, and I am…

Legislatures tend to lag real life. It is just the way it is.

Mr. Blumenauer and I have been working on a bill that fits right into this theme.

I would give Berea credit in a large degree for my opportunity to sit here today.

We want to learn more. There is an incredible opportunity I sense for us to do a lot of good all the way around.

I think everybody agrees that education is the key. And as Mr. Lewis mentioned, education is a great equalizer.

That makes perfect sense to me right now.

Do you have a sense, you know, being active with the Hospital Association and so forth, are there some regulatory tradeoffs that CMS or Congress could offer that are reasonable?

So folks who were in talking to me, what were they referring to that is going to happen next month?

I just have two quick questions.

Tomorrow marks the 1-year anniversary of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the so-called Iran nuclear deal. President Obama made a series of promises to the American people. One was that Iran would cease its illicit nuclear activity…

Mr. McDermott suggested that this is a hearing today about holding the insurance companies harmless.

A quick word about today, a quick look back, and then a question.

Quickly, there is the nuclear deal over here. There is Iran, the terrorism regime, over here. What we are focusing on is the latter, the terrorism regime. This is a map. This is a map that was put together by the Foundation for the Defense…

Similar theme, this is a limitation amendment that would prohibit the administration from being involved in expediting the financing for the Boeing sale to Iran. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Let me point out one other piece of literature. Again, this comes from the Boeing Company. This is from their Frontiers Magazine: ``Military derivatives front and center.'' This is a continuing problem. Look, this is in stark contrast, Mr…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 2 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from New York has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The gentleman has conflated a number of issues, so let me explain and try to bring some clarity to this. There is, really, a false notion and a false narrative, which is to collapse the JCPOA--that is the nuclear deal--and the activity…