i do want to thank the president. i do want to thank the vice-president. i do want to thank our new secretary tom price as well. if i just listened to the president meeting with the deputy whip team. he said he was proud to support this new bill. why? because of the years of work that has gone into it. we know why we are here today, because of obamacare did three essential points. one, created exchange. we all know the history of what's happened to that. the failures, the companies pulling out, and now you have one-third of the entire country, 1022 counties with only one health care provider. created 23 co-ops, provided more than $18 billion. 18 of those collapsed. medica medicaid can't sustain itself. that's why i want to thank chairman greg walden for the work they're going through as well. third, it made government control health care, the regulations that it imposed upon