bill, h.r. 462, the american federation of teachers, american diabetes association, american federation of county and state employees, american lung association, american public health association, campaign for america's future, campaign for tobacco free kids, national association of county and city hospitals. afl-cio. trust for america's health. ussa. young inconvincibles, campus progress, ussa, young inconvincibles, national partnership of women and families. association of state and tear torial health officials. american public health association, mr. speaker, some 760 groups that support the prevention of public health fund. thank you. with that i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for one minute. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, last week the republican majority was adamantly opposed to this legislation. this week we are rushing it through on the floor today. that's aood thing. we are on the same page. the majority and the minority want to preserve student interest rates at 3.4%, not let them double to 6.8%. so if that is the case, why are we select

bill, h.r. 462, the american federation of teachers, american diabetes association, american federation of county and state employees, american lung association, american public health association, campaign for america's future, campaign for tobacco free kids, national association of county and city hospitals. afl-cio. trust for america's health. ussa. young inconvincibles, campus progress, ussa, young inconvincibles, national partnership of women and families. association of state and tear torial health officials. american public health association, mr. speaker, some 760 groups that support the prevention of public health fund. thank you. with that i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for one minute. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, last week the republican majority was adamantly opposed to this legislation. this week we are rushing it through on the floor today. that's a good thing. we are on the same page. the majority and the minority want to preserve student interest rates at 3.4%, not let them double to 6.8%. so if that is the case, why are we sele