David Roe

I think the winner is the insurance companies. I think they turn out great.

There are things in here, there is no question. You have all brought up things that needed to be addressed in health care in this country.

The Affordable Care Act is working. Today, the percentage of uninsured Americans is the lowest in 50 years.

The ACA is here to stay. It reminds me of Social Security, reminds me of Medicare.

Millions more Americans now have affordable, quality health insurance.

It sounds like the free market working.

I am looking at the benefits and hoping that we can, again, work together to address the inconsistencies and get some more clarity.

It is time to move the country away from this government-run health care scheme and toward a more patient-centered health care system.

It really is about access to health care.

I think it will help other people, Mr. Chairman, around the country to have the courage to stick their head up instead of keeping their head down and letting things go by that shouldn't.

It is ridiculous that VA is paying employees to sit at home for almost a year in some cases at the taxpayers' expense.

So I fully encourage my colleagues to join Representative Rice and my fellow cosponsors on this commonsense legislation that will further the committee's goal of ensuring that our veterans have every opportunity to be gainfully employed…

At the end of the day, that is the job of this committee; our primary mission is to support our veterans.

Good workers want to work in good agencies with other hard-working employees and want to know that bad actors will be held fully accountable.

We would like to get some data, what happened in those meetings.

This problem is not a red or blue problem, it is a national problem that has three sets of victims

To be competitive it is going to require skills right now that we don't have in Tennessee.

I think about that today.

I have a huge commitment to the public education system.

Thank the chairman. And also, Chairman Foxx, I want to thank the members who offered me condolences and support during this very difficult time in my life and the passing of my wife last week.

We have built a wall between the VA and this committee, and it is a steep wall.

I think us knowing what those contracts are, we could help you do your job better.

We can't do our job without adequate information. And when it is not--when the VA is not transparent--and that is why I think we are having this hearing tonight, is that we don't feel like--and I certainly don't--feel like that information…

Thank you. I want to thank the committee for their support and all the Members that have reached out in a personal way during my family tragedy that was very heart-rending for me.

The more successful an employer is in delaying a hearing, the more likely that there will be unlawful conduct.