. >> i want to follow up very quickly on a line of questioning mr. pitts brought up at the beginning of his time. it's my understanding the chairman of the infirm r.c. sent out a press release exonerating himself. is that the only response he's required to make to your report? >> the press release is not a response to my report. his response to my report has to be directed to me. >> he hasn't done that? >> he hasn't done that. >> he has no obligation to either, right? >> well, no, give me an opportunity to respond, normally give 120 days. >> if nothing happens in 120 days, it's the end as far as you're concerned? >> it's the end of what we looked at. >> all right. fair enough. i have a couple questions regarding control of commission information. mr. bell, is it your experience under former chairman staff could bring policy measures to the full commission? >> under the previous chairman? >> yeah. your experience, under previous chair men it was the standard staff could bring policymakers directly to the full commission. i don't know firsthand but it's neve

mr. pitts. mr. pitts: i ask our guests in the gallery to join us in sing the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 one-minute requests on each side. without objection, the gentleman from tennessee -- >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. >> our guest chaplain is reverend hoskins. he served as a full-time southern baptist evangelist and has conducted over 400 revivals and crusades in 28 states and canada. he's now pastor of higher ground baptist church in kingsport, tennessee. mr. roe: he's helped his congregation to grow from under 200 to well over 1,000 members. least here with his wife, brenda, and his two beautiful daughters, mackenzie paige and madison jane. it is an honor to serve with reverend hoskins, and i'd

mr. pitts, is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: some recognize why the nearly $1 trillion in government stimulus spending failed to hold down unemployment or reinvigorate our economy. philip greenspan, owner and operator of a helicopter company in boston, understands why government doesn't efficiently spend the public's money. in a june 16 blog post he relates his maddening experience with federal bureaucracy. as the manager of his company he must administrator a random drug test to employees. as the only employee he must surprise himself with the drug test. as the manager he must take a course on giving drug tests. as the only worker. mr. greenspun notes all these requirements and steps don't just cost him money but cost the federal government since f.a.a. employees must ensure all these requirements are met. this is a small i illustration of how government makes the simple, complex and hurt both businesses and taxpayers. another reason why we need a smaller, less expensive federal governm

mr. bloom for five minutes. >> thank you very much, chairman pitts, ranking member pallone and distinguished members of the subcommittee. i'm shawn bloom, ceo of the national pace association. on behalf of npa and it members, i'm honored to testify today and appreciate the time you've allotted us. i'd like to focus on three things, very briefly describe pace to you and then offer some suggestions regarding ideas with respect to overcoming pairiers that we've expanded -- identified in expanding pace and three, the ability to expand pace to dually eligible. first and foremost, pace is a fully-integrated model of care that exclusively serves the oldest and sickest subset of the duals. we do so in a manner that is really focused in the communities in sense that we're community-based. our goal is to allow individuals to remain live anything their homes in the community. we reduce nursing home use, reducing hospitalization, and we do that in comprehensive family. the heartbeat within pace is the concierge team if you want to call it that, in the sense that they are fully-employed staff that on a daily basis are involved in t