chairman of the new hampshire republican party, stephen stepanek. hi, steve. great, steve. cochairman of my new hampshire campaign, lou giardello. hi, lou. how am i doing? are we winning, lou? lou, are we winning? thank you. he said yes. if he said no, he's out of here. and a friend of mine loves the state he is a smart cookie. so good. love him on television. no games. just gives you the answer. but he's done a fantastic job. the first person on my whole, you read about all these people. this is the first guy and he's a great guy he's a friend of mine, corey lewandowski. a great guy. tremendous guy, tremendous help. are you having a good time? who is going to win this year? a little bit slow with that. with the help of everyone here today, we have accomplished and one so much. we have done so much. you can go over in taxes and what we have done with the military. we passed the biggest tax cuts ver. now they want to raise taxes, think of it. all my life, i have watched politicians. i've only been doing this four and a half years. i have had senators come in, congressmen com

stepanek. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. stepanek: thank you to chairman thornberry for his leadership, guidance and tireless efforts on this imperative piece of legislation. ust this -- ms. stefanik: just this past week, this served a as another reminder to us all that this region remains unstable and brins about challenges to our national security. the f.y. 2016 ndaa provides our nation's armed forces with the resources they need to defend our national security. since september 11, the army's 10th mountain division out of fort drum, chime honored to represent, has been the most actively forward deployed division to iraq and afghanistan. yet sadly just this past month, specialist kyle gilbert, a soldier from the 10th mountain division, died in afghanistan while serving our nation. in new york's north country, our community and our military families understand what fighting for our nation's liberties and freedoms truly means. so when i express my support for the ndaa, the tools it provides and how it enabled our armeds fors

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elisecolleague, a least upo stepanek has been focused on that. , in yourer of course mind, this has not played out. give me your perspective on why that is the case and number two, your thoughts about changing that number. rep. cheney: first of all, the number is way too low. we have to do what we can to get more republican women elected. secondly, it is not an accident that the number is so low. speaker pelosi was really effective at targeting our women particularly if you look across california and the kinds of tactics the democrats have put in place. things like ballot harvesting and others that have really particularly helped to ensure in some places i think unfairly that our women and men candidates have been beaten. host: for those that may not be familiar with the nomenclature of elections, what is that reference? rep. cheney: as an example, young kim running in california -- she won the election but as the absentee ballots came in and ballot harvesting refers to an attack that the democrats have used extensively in california whoe they have volunteers go around and collect absen

stepanek. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. stepanek: thank you to chairman thornberry for his leadership, guidance and tireless efforts on this imperative piece of legislation. ust this -- ms. stefanik: just this past week, this served a as another reminder to us all that this region remains unstable and brins about challenges to our national security. the f.y. 2016 ndaa provides our nation's armed forces with the resources they need to defend our national security. since september 11, the army's 10th mountain division out of fort drum, chime honored to represent, has been the most actively forward deployed division to iraq and afghanistan. yet sadly just this past month, specialist kyle gilbert, a soldier from the 10th mountain division, died in afghanistan while serving our nation. in new york's north country, our community and our military families understand what fighting for our nation's liberties and freedoms truly means. so when i express my support for the ndaa, the tools it provides and how it enabled our armeds fors

stepanek. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. stepanek: i want to thank chairman kline and chairman price for their instrumental work in putting this package together. for the past five years the president's health care law has led to higher costs, less access to doctors and fewer choices. this is why it is so important to make commonsense fixing to this law. ms. stefanik: as i travel throughout the -- my district, constituents say they want to ease the pain this law has created. bhi moving employer-sponsored health care coverage away from a voluntary and flexible model, the president's health care law has created countless penalties and mandates. including one that require certain employers to automatically enroll their full-time employees in health care coverage this auto enrollment mandate creates con fugs for my constituents and by triggering tax penalties, actually creates duplicative costs for employees who might already have health insurance. for example, if a veteran in my district who is eligible for tricare or north cou