dr. phil roe. i'm going to go ahead and yield to dr. roe at this point. mr. roe: dr. gingrey, it's good to see you moving your arm so well and recovering from your surgery so well. i think the question that comes up, and dr. gingrey and other members and i have discussed this, when i got here and dr. bringry -- i've been here four years. dr. gingrey came some couple terms before i did, we did this for a reason because we wanted to impact the health care system in our country. the problem with the health care system in our country was costs are exploding. if you look, as he point out, the affordable care act has been anything affordable. the average family of four when you have to buy an essential benefits package which the government will determine what that is in 2016 will cost a family of four $20,000. that's unbelievable when you think that the per capita income in my district is $33,000. so i think we are -- we are at a point or going to be at a point where no one can afford it. what dr. gingrey is mentioning in the s.g.r., sustainable growth rate, what does that

dr. roe from tennessee. we have three doctors on the floor. he tried to provide better health care for people in tennessee and people in america. dr. burgess has tried to say, there's a better way, we can get more women covered, we can get more children covered, we can make sure more seniors are covered, we can do this thing. pre-existing condition well, can solve it. but no, that wasn't good enough for our president. it wasn't good enough. you see, what he demanded and insisted upon is that the government have 100% control over health care. 100% control? the american people lose control? what do they get? they get health care, health insurance, i should say that is more expensive than anything they've ever paid for before and they get less for it. what a deal, mr. president, mr. speaker. what a deal. the american people especially vulnerable women, vulnerable children, vulnerable senior citizens now get to pay more and they get less. that's why we're here. because we're saying, let's repeal

i will turn to dr. roe to introduce our next witness. >> a properly introduced in his orange tie from knoxville, tenn., the superintendent of the knox of the county's school system. dr. mcintyre -- knoxville county's school system. he was the chief operating officer for the boston public school system. during his tenure at the boston public schools, they remained one of the top performing urban school systems in the nation. he has taught english, anatomy, and physical education in illinois. he has served on numerous state level working groups aimed at enhancing public education and was selected as a fellow in the broad foundation superintendent academy. welcome, dr. mcintyre. >> we also have dr. rodney watson, the chief of human resources for the houston independent school district and he has served in several positions related to juvenile corrections and student support. and finally, mr. harper is a french teacher at a public charter school in downtown indianapolis and an adjunct faculty member at marion u

camp: at this time i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from tennessee, dr. roe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for two minutes. mr. roe: i thank the chairman for yielding, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 890 and preserving one of the most significant and successful federal reform initiatives in the last 20 years. 17 years ago, a republican-led congress worked with president clinton to fix a broken welfare system, the bipartisan law that resulted established a temporary assistance for needy families block grant. this law required individuals to work, prepare for work or look for work as a condition of receiving public assistance. in the years following passage, the number of individuals receiving welfare dropped by a whooping 57%. the poverty level among single thers fell by 30%, and i saw this in my practice as an ob-gyn physician. no question that it worked. while their incomes and earnings increased significantly, poverty levels among young african-americans dropped to the lowest level in 2001. last july, the de

yield he three minutes to the gentleman from tennessee, the chairman of the health subcommittee, dr. roe. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. roe: madam speaker, today there are more than 12 million americans who are out of work. these lives are on hold to the economy gets better. provide that we here in washington can stop ourselves from taxing, borrowing, spending, and regulating it into a stand still. even in this time of economic uncertainty, 3.6 million job openings in this country that remain unfilled. unbelievable when you have 12 million people out of work. i support the bill on the floor today, h.r. 803, the skills act, because it will help give some of our neighbors the sense of dignity and satisfaction only commoms from a hard day's work done well. this legislation will help bridge the gap between unemployment and work in three significant ways. first the skills act will ensure that workers can access job training programs immediately. eliminating the need to navigate a complicated bureaucracy by cutting through the red tape we can get workers trained and back into the

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