Steve Buyer: “I thank the delegate for his work on this bill. I yield 1\1/4\ minutes to Mr. Stearns of Florida”

I made some mistakes. We should have indexed the premiums on TRICARE for the gray area retirees.

It should not be lost on the committee that of the five commissioners, all of us have had military service, we are military retirees, we have served this Nation in war and in peace.

I only wish your conference had made you chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, I really do, because you and I could have done a lot of great things together. In reality, the unwritten history will be the success of the committee…

What we seek to do is to mitigate the financial risks of the chronic and catastrophic illnesses to the Active-Duty family households.