Joe Barton: “If you already have insurance you like, you can keep it.”

I was very heartened by the opening comments of Mr. Rush and Mr. Pallone.

I was in Senate Chamber trying to prevent a hold on H.R. 7217. I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 434. ____________________

This is a really, really good bill. I hope we have a great hearing.

The allegation that we made, the Republicans, is that you're discriminatory against us--against the Republicans.