mr. nagbower? >> no. >> mr. nagbower, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> makes sense. >> mr. chairman, the vote is 15 yeas to 31 nays. [ inaudible ] >> mr. chairman i have an amendment that i would offer to withdraw. that would be wonderful. the chair is recognized for both. mr. chairman, i've heard from many food pantries throughout the district that are concerned about the possibility of regulations both at the usda and the food and drug administration which could impose new cost on the ability of food pantries to operate. food pantries are often very small operations in churches and other non-profits and local communities given the incredibly tight budgets and these organizations operate under and they do not have the ability to absorb unnecessary regulatory cost. my amendment would require any agency issuing regulations that affect food pantries that consider the costs these regulations would have on these local entities who are trying to serve their communities while trying to make ends meet for the purposes of -- i don't know if you

mr. nagbower seek recognition? >> i've been listening to the discussion here today and i don't think there's anybody unsympathetic to people in hard times. i think what i am confused about is where people would object to reforming something that is not working correctly. over the years, i've been in the real estate business and had rental property and one time i had a tenant call me up and said, randy, i'm going to have to move out of this house. i said why is that? he said well, the gas bill is too high. i said how much is it? and it was too high. it turns out that what was wrong was there was an underground gas leak out in the yard, and so we went out -- these people were still getting gas to their house, but there was waste there because gas was seeping out of the line. we fixed the gas line and the gas bill went down substantially. so all we're talking about here is let's make sure that the gas is getting to the people that need it, but let's don't let the gas be leaking out where people are not qualified, wher

mr. nagbower? >> no. >> mr. nagbower, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no.