Renee L. Ellmers: “Thank you so much. I yield now to my very good friend from Alabama (Mrs. Roby), who is the mother of two, and she is…”

We are ready to close. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just want to say again thank you to my good friend for allowing me to be a part of this. I know how important it is to her and, again, thousands and thousands…

I would say to you, sir, that that is exactly why I ended up running for office, being a nurse, because I did see--and my husband, as a doctor, saw that the plan that was going forward was not going to be realistic.

While I generally support the bills under consideration today by the Subcommittee aimed at improving Medicaid patient access to care, I very much believe there is a missing component in this discussion.

It makes absolutely no sense. You are talking about logic and facts, and unfortunately, many times those things do not fit into what we do here.