bruce bartlett, former reagan policy adviser. it is important to note that in the health care bill, we have the largest health care tax cut in history. on that subject, we were all here when the president signed the senate bill. we were already in recess when he signed the reconciliation bill which had the changes to the senate bill. one of the important changes in that was the education piece that came in the reconciliation bill. i don't know if you have seen eight great ways reform works for you. if you are a student, but it is eight ways student aid reform works for you to lower the cost of higher education. more investments in pell grants, more funding for our community colleges, lowering the costs of student loans by having direct loans, support for our minority-serving institutions, to name a few. and then also i want to note that this bill allowed the extended coverage until age 26. if you graduate from school or if you are working after high school, you can stay on your parents' insurance through age 26. so young people h

as bruce bartlett, advisor under president reagan and george h.w. bush, federal taxes are considerably lower by every measure since obama became president. we'll continue to stand on the side of working families. with that i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jordan: mr. speaker, who would have ever imagined the greatest country in history we would have seen the things we have had over the last year from the democratic congress and obama administration. who would have thought we would see a $12 trillion national debt. who would have ever imagined we would have $670 billion and counting in new taxes imposed this year on american taxpayers, including taxes on the middle class. and now who would have ever imagined coming soon to you and your family a value-added tax? how bad does it have to get before we stop the madness, before we stop the excessive spending, the excessive borrowing and ex

bruce bartlett, had to say about this issue. federal taxes are very considerably lower by every measure since obama became president. now, you would think the way they bang on president obama that he's just a tax and spend liberal. that's what they'd like to tell you. but the not true. the fact is, taxes targeted to working class people can help stimulate the economy. what we're opposed to from the progressive caucus is giving tax cuts to the wealthiest americans which create deficits which all the rest of us have to bear. but the obama administration and the democratic caucus in congress have helped to lower the burden americans so that americans can take care and pay for the things that they need. as i said before, here's an important word i'd like to draw folks' aeanings to. you pay fewer taxes under president obama than you understand president bush. note, this may not apply to the wealthiest americans. but if you're working hard every day, if you're putting it down every day, if you're working hard for a living and you're p