As I look out on this committee, or this panel, I am really pleased to see people who believe in the market.

I ask unanimous consent that an article from today's Politico, September 8, by Joe Stiglitz, called 'All Roads Won't Lead to Economic Downfall and Doom,' be entered into the record.

What State would you suggest they go to where they could find a program that would meet the needs of a middle-class couple that is being crushed by this economy of 9.2 percent unemployment?

They need food and clothing and housing and medical care. That is what AFDC was about.

Is there a place for nurse practitioners in that kind of a thing?

It seems to me the problem is we are always coming in at the back end, looking at the problem.

When you sit at the Federal level, when you sit at this dais, and you look out on the United States, and you try and figure out what should we do, then the question that--I mean, Dr. Jenny raises the question of more…

I have watched these hearings since 1970, when I was in the State legislature.

if the Affordable Care Act were repealed, as the majority is trying to do, it would require a 53 percent reduction in benefits or 134 percent increase in the payroll tax to cover the deficit.

So, the case load starts at two months----

Now you have moved up to this Federal level. Do we need a national standard that emulates Illinois or something similar?