Melvin Watt: “I thank the ranking member for yielding time. I walked in on the last two speakers, neither of whom said anything I…”

“I thank the ranking member for yielding time. I walked in on the last two speakers, neither of whom said anything I disagree with, except that I can't support the bill because of the pay- for that is in the bill. I'm convinced that we should repeal the medical device excise tax. I think it's driving jobs and innovation offshore, and a lot of that is happening in my congressional district. I also think it is counterproductive to talk about doing it and paying for it in the way that has been proposed in this bill. And I will therefore unfortunately not be able to support the bill as it is written today and introduced because of the manner in which it's being paid for. I don't think there is anything complicated about this. We need to find a more acceptable way to do what I think a lot of us agree needs to be done, which is to repeal the medical devices tax. But this is not the way to pay for it, and we must find an acceptable pay-for. I thank the ranking member for yielding time.”