David Roe

We do have to modernize the infrastructure.

Why do we not have the same one? Why are we not sharing on that?

We need to lay the challenge and say in this Congress we are going to get there.

VistA is no longer the state of the art.

The hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing.

Ms. DeVos refused to say that all schools receiving federal aid should be held to the same accountability standards.

A study by the voucher people indicated last year that students who participated in that program did considerably worse than similar students in the public schools.

Higher premiums and uncovered out-of-pocket expenses for the most part are devastating families and entrepreneurs and everyday Americans of all backgrounds.

I hear from constituents every day and business owners. I have spent the last couple of years traveling the state.

The ACA has caused cancelled policies, rising costs, poor coverage, and lack of choices for families, business owners, and employees alike.

What can we do, what would you expect us to do. When we rewrite this policy, what could we do to help you lower the cost and increase access?

I could have written the epitaph of what's happening. We don't do something, we cannot not do something.

I could have done three-fourths of what the ACA did in two paragraphs.

What did we get? We got some increased access, but at what cost?

We had a promise from the administration, when we started debating the Affordable Care Act, to increase access and lower cost.

Even President Trump's recent immigration order not only runs afoul of American values and our Constitution, essentially creating a religious test for entry into the United States and denying due process, but it also has an impact on…

I think it is a great option and I think it is the one we have to have if we are going to sustain future benefits for our people.

I can flatly tell you that. I wouldn't put my company and my employees at that risk, because I might bankrupt and they may lose their jobs.

I think this is essential for the survival of the multiemployer pension system.

Yes. And I'll very quickly, in my little bit of time remaining, is before what happened in a defined benefit plan during an up year of the market, we cut the contributions.

Thank you, Mr. Green.

It's the view of the reconvened Retirement Security Review Commission that came up with these original proposals that the agency--the entire system for the PBGC should be carefully reexamined and a variety of alternatives examined.

As Chairman Roe has indicated, although there have been suggestions that the PBGC insure a portion of this benefit, these are not included in the discussion draft, and we believe that was the correct option.

I want to take a point of personal privilege. I don't know whether we will have another subcommittee hearing or a chance to do this, but I would like to thank my friend Ruben Hinojosa.

I am a co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation that would solve this problem and avoid a catastrophic scenario for hard-working miners and their families.