i will turn it over to marc veasey. >> thank you murray much. i represent the 33rd congressional district in arlington and dallas. i have the highest uninsured rates in the entire country. about 40% of the constituents i represent, about 265,000 don't have insurance. the dallas ande fort worth metroplex together, you were talking about over a million uninsured. contrary to what you're hearing from republican leaders, i can assure you that texans particularly in the district i represent once the affordable care act. they want to enroll. they want insurance. thathappy to report someone i am very well acquainted with -- i read a paper today, she was having trouble on the computer but she went on the phone and was able to enroll in 15 minutes. towant people to continue try to enroll. it is very very important that the people get insured. texasy of you know, decided not to opt for medicaid expansion. many consider that to be a huge mistake by the governor and the republican-controlled legislature. because of that particular decision, we are still goi

the freshman class, also joining us from the great state of texas, my good friend, representative marc veasey. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i'd like to take the time to thank my friend from new york and the gentleman from nevada for helping put together this special order hour on what's really important in this country and we know just how vital and vibrant we want our economy to be and it's hard to do that if we're not taking care of our credit. and i appreciate both of these gentleman for -- gentlemen for taking this hour to talk about this. i would also like to thank my colleague from texas, sheila jackson lee, who spoke so eloquently on so many different areas in government that would be affected if we were to have a shutdown and how the affordable care act is helping americans. helping working americans do better. and whether you're from houston, where sheila is, or the north texas where, where i'm from, in the dallas-fort worth area, people are concerned. people are starting to get very worried about the very dangerous prospect of approaching the legal debt limit, since we are only three da

i will turn it over to marc veasey. >> thank you murray much. i represent the 33rd congressional district in arlington and dallas. i have the highest uninsured rates in the entire country. about 40% of the constituents i represent, about 265,000 don't have insurance. when you combine the dallas and fort worth metroplex together, you were talking about over a million uninsured. contrary to what you're hearing from republican leaders, i can assure you that texans particularly in the district i represent once the affordable care act. they want to enroll. they want insurance. i am happy to report that someone i am very well acquainted with -- i read a paper today, she was having trouble on the computer but she went on the phone and was able to enroll in 15 minutes. we want people to continue to try to enroll. it is very very important that the people get insured. as many of you know, texas decided not to opt for medicaid expansion. many consider that to be a huge mistake by the governor and the republican-controlled legislature. because of that part