broun. mr. broun: thank you, dr. gingrey. let's go ahead and jump into some of the key components and some of the things we can do. what i like to focus on is your number three bullet point on your chart there, medicaid expansion. medicaid expansion of obamacare is going to break the budget of states, which are already suffering, because it's going to drastically increase the people in this country who are going to qualify for medicaid. going to y for medicaid. the republican party is the party of k-n-o-w because we know how to do -- deal with this. one thing i will do on the energy and commerce committee and others on that committee today are going to push for dealing with medicaid in a block grant to the states. and let's just send the medicaid money to the states with no strings attached. let the states, which our founding fathers believed to be the best laboratory for public policy and deal with people who desperately need medicaid or state child health insurance programs. let's send those back to the states, as they shou

paul broun. mr. broun: thank you, dr. gingrey. i great pli appreciate your yielding and you're doing this tonight. so we can inform the american public about how bad this bill is and what the republicans are going to try to do in this next congress. we heard all during the discussion on obamacare, as well as through the last two congresses since i've been here, i'm finishing up my second term, that the republicans are the party of no. we are the party of k-n-o-w because we know how to lower the cost of health care and we can do it in a bipartisan manner. and in fact during the discussions about obamacare, i challenged individual democrats to introduce a bill that i would give them the legislative language, all they had to do was write thane their name in a blank, -- write their name in a blank, introduce it and it would be a democratic bill. they could call it obamacare. and i was told by democrats over and over again that this makes a whole lot more sense, paul, what you're proposing here, than this obamacare bill that we dealt w

broun, the gentleman from georgia. before i do i ask unanimous consent to say to my colleague who will be working side by side with me for the next two years, my neighbor from dallas, i appreciate her, look forward to working with her. she was the very first person when i switched to parties to come in and say it didn't matter to her. i have always appreciated her for that and i still do and i will. dr. browne -- dr. broun. thank you, dr. ehlers, he's done a good job. for him we have gone a long way a lot of times. i yield to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. mr. brown: -- mr. broun: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise today in opposition to the senate amendment to h.r. 5116, the america competes re-authorization act of 2010. before sharing my views on this competes re-authorization, i want to take this opportunity to share my frustration and express the frustration of my constituents. i know that i am not alone in the view that wor

brown -- broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'm a medical doctor and i've spent almost four decades practicing medicine, concerned about child nutrition. about the health of my patients. doctors do that as family practitioners and pediatricians all over this country, all over the world. but this act is not about child nutrition. it's not about healthy kids. it's really about an expansion of the federal government. and it's an interference in the school system so much so that the american association of school administration -- administrators, the council of great city schools and the national association of school boards association all oppose this act. this is not about child nutrition. this is about more government control. this is not about healthy children. it's about borrowing more money and putting our children in greater debt. it's n about creating a better environment for our children in th

broun and sitchson last year by a narrow vote of only 400-0. i want to thank my colleagues, particularly congressman broun and simpson, along with mr. maffei and mr. lee, for their leadership on this issue. i also wish to thank chairman frank and ranking member bachus for allowing this bill to come to the floor. we work together on a bipartisan basis to solve a problem. today we achieve a worthy balance the right way. a bipartisan solution to a nonpartisan problem. thank you, mr. speaker, and i urge passage of the legislation that is so important to our small businesses. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from idaho is recognized. mr. simpson: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of s. 3987, the red flag program clarification act of 2010. this bill as was mention sad bipartisan commonsense approach to protectin

office of congressman tom feeney of florida and served as communications director for congressman paul broun of georgia. . pepper is the daughter of cass and cindy pennington. she is a graduate of the university of florida and she is a die-hard gator fan. pepper is engaged to marry. she is a credit to the people of south carolina and florida. i wish her godspeed. while i'm sad to see her leave i'm more proud to see her achieve such success. she'll be truly missed in the office and i wish her all the best in the new position. in conclusion, god bless our troops, we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. >> on april 6, 2008, something happened that has not happened since. mr. courtney: the uconn women's basketball team lost a game. that was almost 1,000 days ago and since that day the uconn women huskies have been on a streak that may not end for a long time. uconn's victory this past sunday was their 88th cons

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