Good morning, everyone. I now convene this morning's hearing entitled 'Examining SAMHSA's Role in Delivering Services to the Severely Mentally Ill.'

We need to be investing our dollars in the programs with the best record for treating those who have mental illnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Bruce. And our hearts are with you and your family.

Since I became the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, shortly after the December 14, 2012, elementary school shootings in Newtown, we began looking into the federal programs and resources devoted to mental health…

If Congress doesn't act at this point, then we are going to have additional problems under the next Clinton or the next Bush or the next Obama Administration.

I support full repeal of sequestration.

The health care bill, indeed, has some good things in it: no lifetime cap, kids on their parents policy, people can't be denied, and some prevention. But good intentions do not guarantee good results. Because of the guarantee of this bill…

I thank the gentleman for the question. Look at it this way: let's take a young man who is suddenly going to see his rates go through the roof. He's healthy. In the past, that gentleman in his 20s may have said, you know, I'm going to buy…

Certainly that was part of the promise that was given to so many Americans on why they supported this image. Look, we as Republicans, we know there are a number of things we want to see happen. We want to make sure that we're preventing…

So we do know that these costs are going to continue to climb for many people, even though people in the administration have told us they're not quite sure yet what is going to go on. We know these costs are going to continue. Let me point…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Messer). The gentleman has 4 minutes remaining.

With that, then, Mr. Speaker, I'll wrap up here with a couple of comments. First of all, I really want to thank the Energy and Commerce Committee staff for bringing out this important study. We only wish this was the kind of information we…

With that, Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues for speaking tonight. I thank the Energy and Commerce staff for also being part of this tonight. And I thank the American people for continuing to communicate with us and understand that we…

We're here tonight to talk about health care, something that is important to all of us, something that we have been discussing in this Chamber for the last few years, trying to make health care affordable and accessible to many American…

I thank my friend from West Virginia, whose district borders mine in southwestern Pennsylvania down there. But I note and amplify something you said because even when some say, well, you know, if you're a business of less than 50 employees…

It certainly is a concern, because not only do you have the IRS with these new 16,000 agents, and we already know that it has come from multiple sources in multiple States, the issue with regard to not only going after conservative groups…

I thank the gentleman. I would also like to call upon the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson), who is also a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and is also deeply concerned about his constituents in Ohio and what they're going to be…

I communicated with Majority Leader Eric Cantor last evening

The stories of the Mahoney's, the Milam's, and those we will hear today compel us to act with care and compassion as we develop ways to overcome institutional barriers to quality mental health treatment.

Ultimately, parents may be in the best position to help children suffering from significant mental illness by providing emotional support, medical history, and coordinating care with various mental health professionals.

I always appreciate your candid testimony.

Obamacare has consistently promised lower costs and now we all hear from supporters of the law that there are tax credits and subsidies available, but a recent study showed that only 8 percent of the public will qualify for those subsidies.

We all remember the many promises that were made in the rush to pass the PPACA by any means necessary.

This outbreak is not 'complex' nor was it a surprise.

I ask you to get the answers to the committee questions from last November to us by the 19th of April.