Kevin Hern: “This has nothing to do with partisanship.”

But, Mr. Werfel, with all due respect, isn't that the sort of the old phrase that Ronald Reagan used, 'We are from the government, we are just here to help?' I mean, it is not free.

I thank the chairman for the opportunity to speak. One of America's most famous sons, Will Rogers, once said: ``It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to and we are not governed one-tenth as good.'' That was in 1932. I can only…

We have to figure out how to remove these impediments to really moving health care forward in the 21st century.

I still think the right thing to do is to get our government under control. We’re $37 trillion in debt and growing.