and i'm proud that my colleagues on this committee, chris murphy and peter welsh, have joined me in introducing the choices bill to give health insurance patients a public health insurance option with no discrimination so we don't have to go through these nightmares anymore. with that, i yield back. >> thank you. that concludes the opening statements of all members. one of our witnesses had to step out just for a moment. ,,t's stand in recess the hearing will come back to order. as i stated before we had the brief recess, that concludes the opening statements by members of the subcommittee. i would like to call upon our first panel of witnesses. our first panel we have robin beaton, who is a policyholder from walkahatchee, texas. miss peggy raddatz from illinois. and miss wittney horton from los angeles, california. welcome all of you. thank you for coming. it's the policy of the subcommittee to take all testimony under oath. please be advised that you have a right under the rules of the house to be advised by counsel during your testimony. do you wish to be represent the by counsel during your

murphy and peter welch joined me introducing to get health insurance patience a public health insurance option with no discrimination so we don't have to go through these nightmares any more. with that, i yield back to get >> thank you. that concludes the opening statement of all members. one of the witnesses had to step out a moment so let's stand in recess for just five minutes and we will come back in five minutes. everyone had a chance to stretch your legs and we will be in recess five minutes. this hearing will come back to order. as i stated before, we had a brief recess. that concludes the opening statements by members of the subcommittee and now i would like to call upon the first panel of witnesses. in the first panel we have robyn beaton, policyholder from texas. ms. peggy raddatz who is the sister welcome all of you thank you for coming. is the policy to tackle testimony under oath. please be advised you have the right under the rules of the house to be advised by counsel during your testimony. do you wish to be represented during your testimony? you are all shaking your head

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