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Virginia Foxx: To close. Madam Speaker, again, I don't think we need another study. We don't need to delay action on this 2 years. What…

On the recordJuly 27, 2022
To close. Madam Speaker, again, I don't think we need another study. We don't need to delay action on this 2 years. What we need to do is increase premiums and impose stronger funding requirements. The plans are underfunded. It doesn't take an accountant or a rocket scientist to figure that out. Pogo said, ``We have met the enemy, and he is us.'' We, in Congress, are the problem. We need to do this. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1645 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the previous question is ordered on the bill and the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott). The question is on the amendment by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott). The amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Jul 27, 2022

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