mr. herger is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman.teresting to listen to this exchange between dr. passan and mr. kind. it sounds like the three of us are in complete agreement. if i understanding my friend from wisconsin, he also doesn't want -- he wants to see as the letter you pointed out from the decisions that this decision be made not by bureaucrats but between the doctor and the patient with all the information available and that is what we want to do. and all we are doing is ensuring that as you quote from section 1401 which has this commission which by the way has no authority on whether or not the care goes out or not is to see -- cms has the authority. all we are doing is making sure these decisions will be made with all this information between the patient and the doctor and not have what we see taking place in the u.k. and other countries so it sounds like we are in agreement and if we are i think the gentleman what support this as one more safety to make sure that this doesn't happen. with that i urge passage of this ame

mr. herger. votes aye. mr. johnson. mr. johnson votes aye. mr. brady. mr. brady votes aye. mr. ryan, mr. ryan votes aye. mr. cantor, mr. cantor votes aye. mr. linder. mr. linder votes aye. mr. nunez, votes aye. mr. tea barry votes aye. ms. brown wait, votes aye. mr. davis of kentucky. mr. davis of kentucky votes aye. mr. reichert, votes aye. mr. buse taney. votes aye. mr. heller, votes aye. mr. ross cam, votes aye. mr. mcdermott, votes no. mr. tanner. mr. tanner votes no. mr. chairman chairman votes no. 16 yeas. 25 nays. thank you mr. chairman the underlying bill allows for redistribution of unused slots for primary residents in medical education, increasing the total number of graduate, milled education slots by 15% is really, part of my amendment. it would direct these newly created slots as well, currently unfulfilled slots for training of primary care residents as in the underlying bill and includes pediatric service specialty residents, pediatric medical, subspecialties, surgical specialties or pediatric psychiatric service. there is a columbus children's hospital in my dr

mr. herger, mrs. biggert, mr. conaway who have been involved in this issue for many years, it's hard to believe when i have given this number today, it has been 967 days, 967 days since we signed the agreement with colombia. people from the state of the great gentlewoman from hinsdale, illinois, who worked for caterpillar and others have been forced in that 967 days to pay $2.1 billion in tariffs that otherwise would not have been there. if one could think of the tremendous number of jobs that could have been created right here at home because that's what this special order is about, mr. speaker. it's about creating good jobs here in the united states of america. this special order is actually the brainchild of my friend from hinsdale, we were having a meeting of our trade working group and she proposed that we come to the floor and talk about how we can create more good u.s. jobs by expanding open trade. with that i'm happy to yield to the author of this special order, my friend from hinsdale, mrs. biggert. mrs.

mr. herger: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. herger: house democrats plan to -- republicans want to have competition among health plans. unfortunately, the house democrats' health care bill is light on cost control and heavy on government control. a recent "new york times" editorial expressed support for the house bill but described the prospects for lower health care premiums as, quote, unclear, end quote, distant. mr. speaker, if that's the -- -- if that's the best they can say about it, we need to start over. we need a bill that gets health care costs under control without bankrupting our country or setting the stage for a complete government takeover of our health care system. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. shuster: mr. speaker, the obama administration, congressional

mr. herger, mr. camp, mrs. brown, mr.kins and cassidy and if there's any time or questions left, i'll be last. mr. klein, do you want to start? >> thank you, mr. chairman, i think the microphone is actually working. i want to thank the witnesses. they've been absolutely tremendous. i'm from minnesota so, of course, canada is neighboring. and we foresee anecdotal evidence all the time of canadians coming to minnesota because we have a mayo clinic there too. i'm not sure why you travel all the way to arizona -- that's all right. but we have a mayo clinic in rochester minnesota that is world famous. and you chose to come to a mayo clinic, you could have chosen several hospitals in other states and mr. baker has given examples of hospitals around the country where canadians have gone. you did that because you needed to, you had to and you could. you could do it. i think that the phrase that i think it was mr. baker said that the u.s. is the canadian system of last resort, a place you can go. so i'll start with you mrs. holmes

mr. herger, mr. camp, mrs. brown, mr. and cassidy and if there's any time or questions left, i'll be last. mr. klein, do you want to start? >> thank you, mr. chairman, i think the microphone is actually working. i want to thank the witnesses. they've been absolutely tremendous. i'm from minnesota so, of course, canada is neighboring. and we foresee anecdotal evidence all the time of canadians coming to minnesota because we have a mayo clinic there too. i'm not sure why you travel all the way to arizona -- that's all right. but we have a mayo clinic in rochester minnesota that is world famous. and you chose to come to a mayo clinic, you could have chosen several hospitals in other states and mr. baker has given examples of hospitals around the country where canadians have gone. you did that because you needed to, you had to and you could. you could do it. i think that the phrase that i think it was mr. baker said that the u.s. is the canadian system of last resort, a place you can go. so i'll start with you mrs. holmes, if

mr. herger, mr. lamar smith, mr. lamborn, mr. bonner, mr. westmoreland, mr. olson, mr. shuster, mr. roskam, mr. mccotter, mr. gingrey, mr. fleming, mr. boustany, mr. conaway, mr. price thus far have been refused by the majority permission to express their point of view with respect to one of the most critical issues facing our country, that of reforming our health care system. one of the most distinguished members of this body, a member of the ways and means committee, congressman kevin brady from texas, working with the republican economic staff of the joint economic committee came up with this chart outlining what we believe to be the bureaucratic nightmare contained in the majority's proposal for health care. now, the majority disagrees. with our interpretation of the facts. that's part of politics. that's part of this body. but the majority has now said we will not allow you in the minority to use any official communications mechanisms to share your view of the impact of this legislation on your constituents. why does this seem strange? it just happens in 1993 when we were faced

mr. herger: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. herger: house democrats plan to -- republicans want to have competition among health plans. unfortunately, the house democrats' health care bill is light on cost control and heavy on government control. a recent "new york times" editorial expressed support for the house bill but described the prospects for lower health care premiums as, quote, unclear, end quote, distant. mr. speaker, if that's the -- -- if that's the best they can say about it, we need to start over. we need a bill that gets health care costs under control without bankrupting our country or setting the stage for a complete government takeover of our health care system. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. shuster: mr. speaker, the obama administration, congressional

mr. herger: mr. speaker, rising health care costs are a serious problem, but the democrat bill being advanced in the house proposes a $1.2 trillion in additional spending on health care coupled with massive tax increases that will hurt small business and middle-class families. the democrat new 8% payroll tax will force employers to cut millions more jobs in the middle of the worse recession in decades while the surtax will push my state of california's top income tax rate to over 56%, higher than even that of france's. and these tax hikes won't even cover the full costs of this bill. mr. speaker, he we need real reform that brings down health care costs instead of pouring more money into a broken system. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tiahrt: mr. speaker, on friday i offered an amendment in th

mr. calvert's newsletter by the commission. the following people have had censorship of their language recently. representative herger, representative lamar smith, representative lamborn, bonner, westmoreland, always ston, shuster, gingrey, fleming, boustany, brady, conaway, price, culberson, garrett, kline and lee, all have been in some form or fashion censored in their freedom of speech. now, folks, if they'll take the freedom of speech from members of congress, when will they take it away from the press? when will they take it away from the people? when will they take it away from you? and your children? and the next generation of americans that we pass this great freedom on to, the right of americans to stand up and speak their mind. and yet this party in control of this house is starting to interfere with the freedom of speech of american citizens who are elected by other american citizens to represent them on the floor of congress. i have talked a long time, but i'm upset by what's going on. i'm joined by some of my colleagues and let my friend, judge poe from texas, judge, i'll yield to you whatever time you n