Joe Barton: “Is it because the Affordable Care Act and the effect that its regulations are having on our Nation's employers?”

It is voluntary on a State basis.

It's obvious that, to me, anyway, this program is being abused.

I think it is a measure of President George H.W. Bush that we all think of him as a personal friend. It is literally true that he had tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of men and women who considered themselves personal…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.