. >> mr. engle? >> aye. >> okay.

[laughter] mr. engle: a shout out to michael, who i have read for many years and many of the scholars here, i have read their works. a tremendous pleasure to be here. >> [indiscernible] thank you. dr. engle: thank you, michael. it's interesting. this project had its origins in germany in 1996. ahad a conversation with professor visiting as a scholar and we became great friends over the couple weeks he was there and he and i talked a lot about civil war and reconstruction. he was there doing a paper on a war.for the road to total he was with a number of scholars. and i would like to talk about what he called "federal history." old-fashioned federal history. no one was doing old-fashioned federal history, and now i know why. i begin this project in 1996 and it has taken me almost 20 years to bring to the light of day what has been a labor of love for more than two decades. one of the things that i thought i needed to do to acquaint myself with federal history was not only visit all of the statehouses and re

hudson votes no. >> mr. engle votes aye. mr. mcnerney votes aye. other members wishing to cast a vote? seeing none, clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman on that vote, 23 ayes and 31 noes. >> 23 ayes and 31 noes, and the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments to the bill? the gechair recognizing the gentleman from vermont to offer an amendment. do you have the amendment? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i to have an amendment at the desk. amendment number 166. >> and can you help us? >> this amendment is about making certain that nothing in the law will aggravate the problem of higher prescription drug prices. found it. >> the amendment is going to be considered as read and the staff will distribute the amendment, and the gentleman is recognized as -- >> there are two 166. the one that is written on tr clean version? >>> it is the clean version. >> the clean version. >> okay. >> sorry. >> and in that case, amendment to the nature of a substitute offered by mr. welch. >> the clerk has reported the title of the amendment to be con

mr. engle votes aye. votes aye. mrs. duget votes aye. doyle votes aye mrchlt. mr. cowski mrchlt butterfield aye. mrs. matsui votes aye. i.. caster votes mr. sarbanes votes aye. mcnerney? mr. welch votes aye. votes aye. mr. tonko? aye.onko votes mrs. clark votes aye. ay.lobsack votes votes aye mrchlt kennedy votes aye mrchlt aye.enas votes mr. ruiz votes aye. mr. peters votes aye. dingle votes aye. chairman walden? >> walden votes no. >> chairman walden votes no. are there members wishing to be recorded? no.r. murphy votes mrs. blackburn votes no. mr. carter votes no. members over here? democratic members? mcnerney? votes aye. >> any other members? 24? 23, if not, the clerk will report the role. > mr. chairman, on that vote, there are 22 ayes and 31 no's. and 31 no's, amendment not agreed to. ther amendment for consideration? i don't know. okay. green -- mr. lujan, ranking member says you're next. let you two take it up. >> mr. chairman, i have amendment at the desk. i believe it's numbered 131. it is titled protecting veterans access to care. >> all right. our r 13

mr. engle votes aye. mr. green votes aye. ms. deget votes aye. mr. doyle votes aye. ms. schakowski votes aye. mr. putterfield votes aye. ms. matsui votes aye. ms. caster votes aye. mr. sarbanes votes aye. mr. mcnerny votes aye. mr. welch votes aye. mr. lieu han votes aye. mr. tonko votes aye. ms. clark votes aye. mr. lobe sak votes aye. mr. slader votes aye. mr. kennedy votes aye. mr. car dane as votes aye. mr. ruiz votes aye. mr. peters votes aye. ms. dingell votes aye. chairman walden votes no. >> are there other members wishing to be recorded? the gentlelady from tennessee. is she recorded? >> ms. blackburn votes no. >> the gentleman from pennsylvania. >> no. votes no. >> the gentleman from louisiana. >> mr. sca lease votes no. >> the gentlelady from the great state of washington. anybody else on our side not recorded? turning to this side anybody over here not recorded? we have everybody. so the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote there were 23 ayes and 31 nos. >> 23 ayes, 31 no's. the amendment is not agreed to. are there other amendments? are

. >> mr. engle? >> aye. >> okay. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, there are 21 ayes and 30 nos. >> 21 ayes and 30 knows. the amendment is not agreed to. is there members seeking recognition? what purpose does the gentle lady seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report. >> number 86. >> amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by miss clark. >> without objection, the amendment is dispensed with. the gentle lady is recognized for five minutes on her amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my sense of congress amendment will prevent the elimination of the prevention of public health fund. the prevention of public health fund is critical to addressing health disparities and preventing infectious diseases in underserved populations. african-american women are particularly vulnerable and benefit greatly from the programs supported by this fund. as i've always maintained, access to quality affordable health care is and should be a basic human right. having acces

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