Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. This is such a commonsense and important bill, and this challenge was brought to me as well by one of my local firefighters, the fire chief of Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department…

Mr. Speaker, yielding myself such time as I may consume, I have about 4 or 5 additional speakers to move through on this important bill. At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a fellow member of the…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Renacci), another one of the new, young leaders on the House Ways and Means Committee.

It does not say that the passage of this healthcare law will lead to 2 million fewer jobs.

If they are good--I don't mean to interrupt, but if they are good choices, why the change, if not for politics?

Yesterday's decision by the White House to allow canceled insurance plans under the ACA to continue past the election, was that primarily a political decision?

But, obviously, with the White House continuing to delay or change these, clearly, something is wrong or they would have left it in place.

But this is not a technical issue. I mean, until recently, both you and the President described these plans as substandard. As these plans still viewed as substandard?

Obviously, for something to change, the view has to be that forcing people into the Affordable Care Act is more harmful to them than allowing them to stay on substandard plans, correct?

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the SIMPLE Fairness Act and thank the leadership of the gentlelady from Kansas in this area. Back home, my people are frightened about the Affordable Care Act. They don't think it is a waste of…

Madam Chair, very briefly, my friend from Georgia is a good man. I am surprised there aren't regulations about when you can send your kids up to clean their rooms again. Look, this is just saying to Washington: tell us what your goal is…