Rubén Hinojosa: “We must also be mindful of the consequences that could come with expanding the federal government's role.”

I was unable to be present in the House chamber for certain rollcall votes this week. Had I been present on April 18th and 19th 2016, I would have voted ``yea'' for rollcalls 153 and 154 and ``nay'' on rollcalls 155, 156, 157, and 158…

But it was interesting to me that the same arguments that I hear my friends on the other side of the aisle that businesses will close and things will go to hell just didn't pan out.

I was unable to be present in the House Chamber for certain rollcall votes on February 26th and the week of February 29 through March 3, 2016. Had I been present on those dates, I would have voted ``yea'' for rollcalls 100, 102, 103, 104…

I am encouraged that we are doing some things right and helping a lot of people who under the conditions that our ranking member, Bobby Scott, gave that could not afford it or had preexisting medical conditions, are now covered.