I thank Mr. Murphy for his leadership and his persistence in getting this historic legislation to the floor. When a person struggles with mental illness, he or she may lose her job, her friends, even her family, which can make the mental…

I applaud the co-sponsors for working through the committee to address serious stakeholder concerns by taking a new approach in the draft we are discussing today.

I applaud the cosponsors for working through the committee to address serious stakeholder concerns by taking a new approach in the draft we are discussing today.

I urge support for this bipartisan bill, H.R. 5210. I yield back the balance of my time.

Current law is leading to an increase in healthcare premiums. Double-digit premium increases are hurting, not helping patients.

The first thing health reform should accomplish is to stabilize or reduce the cost of health care.

So it is your view that giving states flexibility on grace periods and age bands, while tightening the special enrollment periods, could lead to lower costs for families?

More government bureaucracy, regulations, and spending never successfully reduce the price of health care.

Current law is leading to an increase in health care premiums.

Health care is the most personal of any political issue. When Congress gets involved in health policy, we are changing people's lives.

I have an amendment to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment to the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: In the section proposed to be added, insert before the period at the end the following: ``, except as…

I would like to offer this perfecting amendment to my colleague's amendment. This is amendment is very simple. It would merely state that, as the Federal Government spends money with regard to contracting, the administration must not run…