i especially want to acknowledge chairman dengal. i said to chairman dengal just before we came in here, are you happy? he said i'm happy and my father would be happy, too. every year he has in his long services in congress has introduced universal hair care legislation and now is the lead author on this historic legislation. thank you. thank you, mr. dengal. i'd also like to acknowledge some other members of the leadership are here, mr. hoyer, important leader and organizing and coordinating this effort, mr. clyburn, our distinguished whip, mr. larson the chair of the caucus, mr. ba sarah the vice chair, mr. van holland wears two leadership hats in assistant to the speaker and chair of the d.c. cc. in addition to that the chairs of the subcommittee who have worked very hard on this bringing their extensive knowledge and experience in health care and health care insurance reform, chairman stark of the ways and means committee, chairman andrews of education and labor and chairman malone of the education -- of the energy and commerce c

dengal. sometimes they get agrissive about it and they -- they, it is also something that to mr.ennedy, has sponsored in the senate and that is in the help bill. not that i want to mention the senate, got forbid but -- >> it is, it is an issue that senator kennedy has championed and -- it is very much wanted. and needed. and there are other provisions in the bill, they seem unrelated but they all have in common provisions that -- you and staff felt were -- were worked out and not that controversial. and the manual labeling for example is something that is now been agreed to but all of the stake holders at -- restaurants and consumer groups and others, so people can get information when they eat in a restaurant. there's emergency and trauma care and school based immunizations and telehealth reauthorization, which is playing more and more of a role in giving people the ability it -- to have -- a assistance from health care providers not in front of them but who can evaluate the medical situation and advise patients and their -- and their health care providers -- the pain care and m