Brett Guthrie: “I encourage and urge my colleagues to support this very important bill, H.R. 4981. I yield back the balance of my time.”

I hope he recovers. He’s been a mentor of mine and a friend of mine since I ran for the state Senate a few years ago. And so my thoughts and prayers are with him.

I have a letter here from the National Automatic Merchandising Association--vending machines, as most of us would know it--that it would be affecting their vending members. Most are small businesses. Ninety-plus percent of their operators…

I do believe he’s going to recover and I hope he’s back in Washington soon. We need him back.

We secured Medicaid for those who need it most: mothers, children, seniors and people with disabilities.