On the recordSeptember 19, 2013
I thank the gentleman. He made several important comments that we've heard from some of the other folks that represent districts across this country. And, in fact, he made the reference point that 261 coauthors of this bill--Mr. Speaker, we can pass this in the House at any time. There's no doubt we can do that at any time. We did it last year--actually, a year and a half ago--when we passed the repeal of this device tax, but it did get roadblocked in the Senate. Seventy-nine Senators voting in favor of repealing this device tax as a part of their budget, a symbolic vote, as he mentioned, is nothing to scoff at. And that's something where I think we need to continue to put bipartisan pressure on our leadership, on the Senate leadership, to move that issue forward so we can do the right thing and see that this repeal happens before the end of this year. I thank the gentleman for his leadership in that effort. Mr. Speaker, I just want to now introduce someone who is from Indiana's Ninth Congressional District. He's been a real partner for repealing the device tax on the Ways and Means Committee. He's a pro- growth, economic advocate for creating jobs. And Indiana, as a State, I think, has about 20,000 medical device jobs, and this is near and dear, I think, to his heart as well. So I, with great pleasure, have a chance to yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Young).
