Erik Paulsen: “On rollcall No. 501, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''”

Reclaiming my time, on the individual mandate, 6.6 million people who paid the penalty had incomes below $50,000. These are middle class people who had to pay the fine instead of buying overpriced ObamaCare coverage that they could not…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, let me first start off by saying that I have great respect for my colleagues, both Representative Emmer and Representative Nolan, and the rest of our delegation, Representative McCollum…

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 54, beginning on line 5, strike ``the Secretary may not complete'' and all that follows through ``of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I want to also thank Chairman Smith, along with his bipartisan colleagues, in joining together in authoring this legislation and bringing this bipartisan legislation forward and speaking in…