Todd Russell Platts: “Over the last ten years, obesity in the United States has been increasing at a staggering rate.”

I am the lead Republican with Mr. Donnelly on the America Works Act, which is to then promote the--what has been discussed here to some degree already--the nationally recognized, very portable skill credentials.

Congress, we are not going to let Medicare provider reimbursements drop 25 percent or more now, or I would contend, ever, because of what it would mean to seniors getting access.

And public education, and one of our colleagues who we both had the privilege to serve under when he was chair of our committee as well.

If we have extra money let's keep our word first to the public schools.