I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), who is the chairman of the Physicians Caucus.

Again, I want to thank my colleague, Mike Thompson from California, for his collaboration. I want to thank the Ways and Means staff for working with us to get this legislation done, working with the stakeholders. I also want to single out…

I believe it is of vital importance to seek solutions to the problem of delayed payments for veterans' medical care.

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

The federal government has a responsibility to ensure that our veterans receive the best healthcare we can provide.

Thank you for providing me the opportunity to submit written testimony today.

it is our recommendation that Congress remove all claims processing for non-VA providers from the Department of the VA, and place it with a single fiscal intermediary.

I want to applaud my colleague, Chairman Roskam, for bringing this legislation to the floor. It is an important piece of legislation, Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act. Back in 2012, when I was the Chairman of the…

we have to get this right because this is going to be the standard.

I do believe TPP is a good step in the right direction.

Clearly, it is in our interest to have a growing economy. It is necessary, if we are going to see growth going back to 3.5 or 4 percent, to open up these markets for American producers, American manufacturers.

I am concerned about our position with Cuba. We are losing market share, agricultural market share with Cuba.

I do believe getting trade promotion authority passed was a vital step, a catalyst to having a real coherent foreign economic policy for our country.

As I have no further requests for time, I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank my colleague and friend on the Ways and Means Committee, Mrs. Black, for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. 89, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental…

This legislation provides an accelerated route to FDA approval and subsequent limited coverage under Medicare.

I think this is really important, and especially with an emphasis now on strengthening the Medicare program, which is a vital program.

I hope we will now start the ball rolling on substance on tax reform.

Comprehensive tax reform focused squarely on improving economic performance would go a long way toward creating that environment.

If we do this, it's going to further delay the investigation. I think it's time to move on.

I am not going to defy the point of order. I understand the rule. The CHAIR. Does the gentleman wish to withdraw his amendment?

I respect the gentleman's call on this with regard to the rules. I would just hope that the members of the subcommittee, as well as my colleagues in the House, would work with us to solve this problem once and for all. This is…

Right here it says ``waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.'' Can I seek a clarification on this? Clause 2(e) of rule XXI. The CHAIR. The point of order was sustained under clause 2.

Our veterans have put their lives on the line to protect this country. The very least we can do is keep our promise to take care of them when they return home. But since the passage of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of…

I would like a ruling on the point of order. The CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule. The Chair finds this amendment includes language imparting direction; namely, by requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit quarterly data to…