There are no provisions in the Social Security Act that govern what would happen if insolvency were to occur.

In conclusion, I want to commend the advocacy of Mr. Lance and Ms. Eshoo, the leadership, Mr. Upton, the ranking member of the full committee and the subcommittee, and thank the staffs of both the subcommittee and the full committee for…

As a veteran I appreciate the efforts of Mr. Kinzinger and Mrs. Capps and others in this commonsense and very bipartisan bill to support our veterans and provide for this need in the emergency medical technician area. I urge support for…

I urge support for this commonsense, bipartisan bill, H.R. 6118, and I yield back the balance of my time.

At this time I would like to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey, (Mr. Lance), a member of the Health Subcommittee.

I would like to yield at this time 5 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Kinzinger).

At this time I would like to yield 3 minutes to the chair of the full committee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).

At this time I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Grimm).

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