mr. inslee: mr. goodlatte, could you explain to us the decisionmaking process about which language to read today? the reason i ask is throughout american history we had a series of amendments that were intended to change the original document. but the amendments do not make specific deletions to specific language in the original document. and it's been up to us to ascertain to find out which language is s operative or not. but the language has not been specifically deleted by the amendment. so it could be subject to some interpretation of which language really has been removed and which has not. and so i think it would be helpful to the members if you would explain to us how the determinations of what to read has been made or not made so that we all be on the same page as to congressional intent. mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for his question. we have consulted with the coressional research service of the library of congress. the library of congress actually maintains a copy of the constitutio

mr. inslee: mr. goodlatte, could you explain to us the decisionmaking process about which language to read today? the reason i ask is throughout american history we had a series of amendments that were intended to change the original document. but the amendments do not make specific deletions to specific language in the original document. and it's been up to us to ascertain to find out which language is operative or not. but the language has not been specifically deleted by the amendment. so it could be subject to some interpretation of which language really has been removed and which has not. and so i think it would be helpful to the members if you would explain to us how the determinations of what to read has been made or not made so that we all be on the same page as to congressional intent. mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for his question. we have consulted with the congressional research service of the library of congress. the library of congress actually maintains a copy of the constitutio

mr. inslee: mr. goodlatte, could you explain to us the decisionmaking process about which language to read today? the reason i ask is throughout american history we had a series of amendments that were intended to change the original document. but the amendments do not make specific deletions to specific language in the original document. and it's been up to us to ascertain to find out which language is s operative or not. but the language has not been specifically deleted by the amendment. so it could be subject to some interpretation of which language really has been removed and which has not. and so i think it would be helpful to the members if you would explain to us how the determinations of what to read has been made or not made so that we all be on the same page as to congressional intent. mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for his question. we have consulted with the coressional research service of the library of congress. the library of congress actually maintains a copy of the constitutio

mr. inslee: mr. goodlatte, could you explain to us the decisionmaking process about which language to read today? the reason i ask is throughout american history we had a series of amendments that were intended to change the original document. but the amements do not make specific deletions to specific language in the original document. and it's been up to us to ascertain to find out which language is s operative or not. but the language has not been specifically deleted by the amendment. so it could be subject to some interpretation of wch language really has been removed and which has not. and so i think it would be lpful to the members if you would explain to us how the determinations of what to read has been made or not made so that we all be on the same page as to congressional intent. mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for his question. we have consulted with the coressional research service of the library of cgress. the library of congress actually maintains a copy of the constitution which

mr. inslee. for five minutes. without objection. mr. inslee: mr. speaker, i came to the floor this morning to talk about our excitement hearing the president tonight express that feeling of optimism and confidence and can-do spirit that has always epitomized -- epitomized america and that is in the field of our clean energy job creation program. and i'm excited about it because as we're coming out of this very deep recession, many of us believe that one of the brightest spots on our economic horizon is our ability to develop hundreds of thousands of new jobs in this country so that america can fulfill its destiny of leading the world in clean energy development. and we believe it is our destiny to do that because we have always done that throughout america's history, leading the world in aeronautics, leading the world in software, leading the world in air space, and now we have a great opportunity to lead the world in the development of clean energy and when we do that we do believe we will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and i look forwar

mr. inslee. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered, the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. inslee: mr. speaker, i'm opposed to this effort to repeal a bill, a reform bill, without anything to replace it at hand. it's asking americans to jump without a parachute and without a net. and it's the wrong thing to do because we are a country that's always moved forward. and want to mention two ways this bill moves forward which we should not repeal. one is that we have finally addressed this who are isks geographic disparity -- horrific geographic disparity where physicians in hospitals get treated differently around the country. we are finally fixing that long, long overdue. and, second, this bill really helps us move forward to reduce waste in our medical industry. a dort moth study suggested as much as 30% of all the things we do have been wasted in health care because we haven't had the right incentives. where i come from in washington state, we're doing things that we need