Charles Boustany: “Have you heard those concerns in the context of FairTax among small business owners?”

The trend lines in all these areas are very disturbing, in my mind, as a physician who has been around health care for quite a long time.

AMR supports and urges the Committee to consider H.R. 4689, 'The Timely Payment for Veterans' Emergency Care Act' sponsored by Congressman Boustany.

This is an absolutely essential amendment because we need more transparency about methods and how these assumptions are built into what they are proposing. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 13, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon. Page 3, line 15, strike the period at the end and…