mr. bentivolio. at this point we'll yield five minutes to representative barber. >> thank you, chairman, and representative for having this hearing. i appreciate the witnesses' testimony. it's very helpful to hear directly from individuals who are affected or trying to help others who are affected by the law. my wife and i ran a small business in our community for 23 years. so we know a little bit what it takes to meet a payroll, keep the doors open, keep customers coming back and deal with regulations and taxation issues. we're very sympathetic to small businesses on a number of levels. and we also know that the businesses have to stay profitable and they have to find a way to grow. so all of these issues are very important to me. that's why i wanted to be a member of this committee. so i could see along with my colleagues what we could do to help small businesses be more successful. since i've come here last year, in june, i've been trying to partner with people on both sides of the aisle to find r

mr. bentivolio wanted to ask a follow-on question. >> thank you, mr. chairman.just a few short questions. mr. winstanley, health care law requires you to inform your employees about the health insurance choices available to them. is this an additional burden and expense for your companies? >> i'm sorry, it requires us to inform them about the health -- yes, there's a significant amount of education that goes on. as anybody can kids knows, it's hard to educate somebody who's not interested to hear what you're saying. the -- you know, it's traditionally been challenging for us to educate to the groups of people that we were able to provide health insurance to. so yeah, i see that as being a very significant challenge. >> i was back in the district last weekend. i had dinner at a restaurant. the waitress came over and recognized me, a big supporter. she told me her story, that she lost her job, now is working two jobs all because of the health care. she had lost it when they found out about this employer mandate before they delayed that, right. they had to reduce t

mr. bentivolio. >> mr. chairman we now know that you can't keep your insurance even if you liked it then you can keep your doctor even if you have seen them for the last 30 or 40 years and you can keep your hospital. premiums are increasing and we have hired that the pulse. obamacare rated 700 million in for medicare including 300 billion for medicare advantage alone to pay for the aca. 2250 positions were terminated from medicare in connecticut alone. most of the orthopedic surgeons in dayton ohio dropped. in florida, 250 physicians from one medical center dropped. in january mr. chairman i'm sure we will discover thousands if not tens of thousands of people to their dismay that they thought they signed up for the aca but because of the glitch in health care.gov did not. mr. chairman the web site itself is in question. a web site at that as the most personal intimate questions is not have the proper security protocols to ensure the personal medical data of our citizens that are safe and secure. obamacare c

mr. bentivolio. >> thank you, will have. mr. chairman, we now know that you can't keep your insurance if even if you liked it, you can't keep your doctor even if you've been seeing him for the last 30 or 40 years, you can't keep your hospital. premiums are increasing, and we have eyer deductibles -- higher deductibles. obamacare rated 700 billion from medicare including 300 million from medicare advantage alone to pay for the aca. physicians were terminated in connecticut, most of the orthopedic surgeons in dayton, ohio, dropped. in florida 250 positions from one medical center dropped. in january, mr. chairman, i'm sure we'll discover thousands if not tens of thousands of people to their dismay that they signed -- that they thought they signed up for the aca but because of a glitch this healthcare.gov did not. mr. chairman, the web site itself is in question, a web site that asks the most personal, intimate questions does not have the proper security protocols to insure the personal medical data of our citizens tar safe and sec

bentivolio who's got to take it away! >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia, mr. -- falamobinga. >> did you say falimabingay not? it's actually mr. faleomavaega. how do you get from these letters on the piece of paper in front of you to -- >> mr. -- >> falamobinga. >> maybe he thought american samoa is in spain somewhere where the "v" would be pronounced as i"b" for bina? tough day with the new president pro tem, right? but here's the most important part, if you're mr. faleomavaega, who will do you respond? you've been here 23 years, this guy's never heard of samoa before and he destroys your name, what do you do? you react with total class and win the whole day and everybody's respect. watch how he reacted. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia, mr. fang -- falamobinga. thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's american samoa. >> the best-natured man in congress is the guy who ignored that he has just been called falomabinga, who's willing to let that ride, but he stands up for his place, where he's from. get samoa right, huh? with poise, representative, you are the best mannered ma