Rubén Hinojosa: “While the plan as a whole is disappointing, there is one bright spot in the higher education arena.”

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.

In 2009, prior to ACA, 40 percent of the families in my congressional district were uninsured. Today, in 2016, only 20 percent are uninsured.

Small businesses and Main Street are the lifeblood of our economy. We should be doing everything we can to ensure that Main Street America is able to prosper.

I thank the gentleman. I gladly accept his offer, and I look forward to working together to promote financial literacy, especially with respect to auto financing. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1737.