Ted Poe: “this past weekend I spent part of the weekend down in the Tropics. I went to an island down in the Caribbean. And the…”

“this past weekend I spent part of the weekend down in the Tropics. I went to an island down in the Caribbean. And the place where I went had an ocean view, and the facility is relatively new. Some of the rooms are air-conditioned and some are not. Some of the rooms actually would meet ADA standards for the physically challenged. The guests that were there, they were not working. They are standing around talking. There is a lot of talking and I noticed that there are soccer courts. There are volleyball courts. There is table tennis, and they are building a new basketball court. I ate lunch, the same meals that the guests had. The lunch that I had was marinated chicken with orange sauce, rice pilaf, steamed vegetables, plenty of rolls and butter. Some of the guests that are there have even gained up to 5 to 10 pounds while being there. New medical facilities are there, new dental facilities. The people that are there average four medical visits a week or, rather, a month. That is more than most Americans do in a year. The medical personnel there performed 128 surgeries, and no one that has been there, of the 700 guests that have been there, not one has died from any cause. In fact, the medical personnel saved the lives of numerous ones. They come from all over the world, 24 different countries; 520 of them are there; 2,200 of them have gone back home. The rooms are very clean.…”