for the past several weeks i've been home in wyoming as you have been home in noord, and i -- in north dakota, and i listened to the people that i'm so privileged to represent, many of whom i've been privileged to treat as their doctor. of course we discussed their health care. and as a doctor, i want to make care better and more affordable. folks in wyoming actually know me first as a doctor. so many of them call me dr. barrasso or john as opposed to senator barrasso. people back home think of their doctors as members of the family, as friends, neighbors, live down the street, go to the same church, kids go to the same schools. the local hospital in caspar is right in the center of town. and people don't want that to change. they want same people giving them care, but they want it at lower cost. and this holds true for the rest of the country. so people are rightly concerned. americans worry that they won't be able to pay for their health care. republicans are listening to these concerns, and we are focused on lowering the out-of-pocket costs for people's health care. that's why we en