Pete Hoekstra: “I was excited to tackle a very difficult job, a challenging issue that is a nationwide problem. And I thought that maybe…”

“I was excited to tackle a very difficult job, a challenging issue that is a nationwide problem. And I thought that maybe we will take some of the same types of approaches in Congress that I am familiar with in the private sector. When you have a serious challenge and a great opportunity, what do you do? So some of the questions I asked of the witnesses that came in and testified about health care, specifically a number of the proposals put forth by the President, I had the opportunity to ask some questions. I tried to get answers to what I thought were three very basic questions that would help me better understand the condition of health care in this country today, the proposals that were being made, and how they would help address the problem in the future.”