we had a young lady there, sheila frazier, mr. paulsen mentioned, and what a great story. what an amazing young lady who's a senior from indiana who had a knee replaced because of cancer in her bone. they can take this particular device and extend it. as she grows taller, as her body grows and they can adjust this particular device inside her leg for her as she continues to grow. it's amazing technology. that's why it's so important for us to protect this industry, to do no harm ott industry. it's gring fast. a at a time when america is facing high unemployment rate, industry continues to grow. it's high-paying jobs. i know it's huge benefit to the part of indiana i represent. these are jobs that pay well and the types of jobs that we want to keep right here in america. as we talked about this tax, it is going to be a burden on these businesses and on these jobs. i can tell you already after talking to the folks in northeast indiana at these businesses, that there are other countries like china, china has a growing population. you have other countries that are starting to

sheila frazier who testified, a young high school student who was testifying about a device that was implanted in her leg and it truly is an amazing success story because in a lot of cases folks like her have to have amputations and this is a device that is now improving her life and she testified. and so i think as much as we like to talk about the jobs and the economic benefits, it's also just as important to hear from the patient's per -- spectives, how these life-saving technologies are improving them. mr. bilbray is going to talk. this is an issue that covers across many expect rums of the economy across the country. i just want folks who are watching here and understand today out there in america understand there are some of thaws really care about this industry. we are fighting for it and we appreciate the input and value that we had as part of it. mr. speaker, with that i want to yield to mr. rokita, helping us get co-authors to repeal that onerous tax. mr. rokita: we were pleased to welcome you to indiana. i know you get that same kind of welcome all over the nation. mr. pau