Addressing the 30 Million People, gives them greater choice and one issues i have with the models is they are very static. They talk about this prong only. When you look at the subsidy, without looking at prong two and three and how those will additionally drive down costs its not fair analysis of where have the plan is going, but right now i detailed it to jim. We have a system that mandate that is people buy Health Insurance under penalty of law and its not work sing so the question is what can we do instead. Of course some people are going to choose in a free society to not purchase something. At some point you cant force a product or a good down people in a free society but if you can give them a quality product that severs their need, thats a great greater likelihood on every economic model that that will work, its frankly o101 it is te likelihood that more and more americans will get health care. I want to see if you have a answer to a question i asked you yesterday an one that y
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. i want to thank the members for the patients this morning. we are in the process of reorganizing the democratic caucus, and so i don t know how this is all going to work out, but were going to get started. without objection in the chair is authorized declare a recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is entitled boom and bust: the need for bold investments in fair and affordable housing to combat inflation. i now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. good morning, everyone. first, i d like to say that i m incredibly proud that this committee has made it a top priority to ensure every family has access to fair and affordable housing across the country. since becoming chair in 2019 the committee has held 55 hearings on housing, including the first ever full committee hearing on homelessness. however, the opposite side of the aisl
[inaudible] the committee will come to order. i want to thank the members for their patience this morning. we are in the process of re-organizing the democratic caucus. i don t know how this all work gonna out. we are going to get started. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is entitled, boom and bust; the need for bold investments in fair and affordable housing to combat inflation. i now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. good morning, everyone. first, i would like to say that i am incredibly proud that this committee has made it a top priority to ensure every family has access to fair and affordable housing across the country. since becoming chair in 2019, the committee has held 55 hearings on housing, including the first-ever full committee hearing on homelessness. however, on the opposite side of the aisle has repeatedly complained about our focus on housing while offering n
country. joining us to discuss, steve moore and doug holtz eakin. remarkable, steve, and yet another sign that shows people are fed up. you better believe it. and i think when you look at the result that says government is the big problem, you know, it s too much government, right. we have added something like 4 to 5 to 6 trillion of debt during covid, spending is out of control, look at the agencies of government that have become politicized, whether it s the state department or the fbi. people are more suspicious of big government than i ve seen any time in my 35 years in washington. they think of washington as broken, they think it s bankrupting the country, and a lot of corruption. sandra: and for me, doug, you can sort of combine those top two issues. people fed up with lack of leadership from washington or the actual leadership that they are getting. and inflation, because so many of these policies that have come