mr. putnam have expressed their concerns about. and it has been a privilege to work with the gentleman, i thank him. mr. peterson: i thank think gentleman. i know he will work with us as he has through this part of the process. mr. dingell: i thank the gentleman. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: i yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, the minority leader, mr. boehner. the speaker pro tempore: the minority leader is recognized for one minute. mr. boehner: mr. speaker, my colleagues, here we go again. this is a major piece of legislation that was introduced last night at the rules committee about 12:15. then about 9:36 this morning we saw another version of this bill introduced to replace the first version. and then at 10:50 this morning we see a third version of the same bill. this may be a great bill. i have no idea. but the fact is that introducing three different versions of the bill yet this day and then bringing it to the floor some four hours later begins to ask the question, did anybody

mr. putnam. the gentlewoman from florida, ms. shea port e. the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns.the gentleman from michigan, mr. stupak. the gentleman from kansas, mr. tiahrt. the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. the gentleman from new york, mr. weiner. the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. and the gentleman from virginia, mr. whitman. five, as each of these members represents approximately 650,000 americans, approximately 25 million denied their right to be represented because the restrictive rules supported by the rule from the gentleman from wisconsin pleasure obey, failed to follow the precedents and procedures of the house. mr. obey was correct that a true representative democracy is impossible when 25,350,000 americans have their representative of congress shut out of the legislative process. seven, as a result of their restrictive rule implemented by the democratic majority, the house was not allowed to vote or debate issues such as an amendment that would reduce spend big 1.7%, saving taxpayers $2.9 million. an amendment to prohibit an eligible individual from receivi

mr. putnam: americans do not need more government. they need private sector jobs and afforderable health care. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. inglis: thank you, mr. speaker. there is much to agree on in health care reform. there's also something that we very much disagree on. the disagreement has to do with the public option. it has to do with the question about whether private insurance companies need the discipline of the competition from a public sector plan, or a publicly provided plan. if you've ever been in business and you have watched the government come into competition with you, you know it is an unfair competitor. because the government has the ability to subsidize its operations. the result is that when government enters an area that the private sector is working in, government ends up becoming the provider there. that's what we fear would hap

mr. putnam: i thank the chairman emeritus and dean of the house. i yield back. he speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. dingell: i'm delighted to yield to the distinguished gentleman from georgia, the chairman of the subcommittee on livestock, dairy, and poultry, mr. scott, one minute. mr. scolt: thank you so much, mr. chairman. -- mr. scott: thank you so much, mr. chairman. i want to state that under the us a pises of my subcommittee, food safety is something we handle. it's important as we move forward on this that we have got to make our food supply safe. there's no greater thing we can do for the american people and the people of the world than to give absolute assurance that our food supply is safism come from a state in georgia where we had an jut break from salmonella in which we lost eight lives. eight lives that would be alive today if we had this bill in place. because we would have a record process of accessing records that we don't have now. now, in order to get -- now, before this bill is passed, in order to get records from a manufac