mr. mccotter. mr. mccotter: i thank the gentleman. i go back and this segues to another point in the chart, the sweetheart deals that were made with big pharmaceutical industries and others to try to get this bill passed. but the converse is the heartless deals that were also made to get this bill passed. the gentleman has talked about the unfair treatment amongst the states which shows why the bill is being handled behind closed doors so the american people can't see what mr. milbank writes under the constitution. one of the true heartless deals is the taxpayer funding of abortion, which is in the senate bill. and at this point i'd like to thank our democratic colleague, bart stupak, for his efforts here to ensure that the house provision -- house bill carries his provision to prevent the taxpayer funding of abortion. it was a rare moment of bipartisanship on a very difficult issue. he's been a man of strong courage and conviction and held his ground and hopefully we can still see that provision remain if something is passed. we've a