mr. walden? mr. walden, aye. mr. terry? mr. terry votes aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers, aye. mrs. myra? mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan votes aye. mr. murphy of pennsylvania? mr. murphy, aye. mr. burr xres? mr. burgess, aye. ms. blackburn. ms. black burn votes aye. mr. gingrey? mr. gingrey, aye. mr. skully? mr. skully, aye. mr. markey? mr. markey votes no.

mr. walden: i return the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. perlmutter: if i could i'd ask my friend from texas how many more speakers he has. we don't have any others and i'll close. mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentleman asking due to the limited time i was allowed -- asking. due to the limited time i was allowed, we have at least three additional speakers. mr. perlmutter: this then i would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: i appreciate that, madam speaker. just for the record, i think we're on even time about now that's left is that an indication if i could engage the gentleman that he is through with his speakers? mr. perlmutter: yes, i don't have any other speakers. someone may come wandering in and i may ask for your indulgence but at this time we don't have any other speakers. mr. sessions: we will go ahead and proceed and run through our speakers with the indicatio

mr. walden: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: since a motion to table gags any opportunity to debate, then i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic service. pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 20, the 15-minute vote on the motion that the appeal be laid on the table will be followed by five-minute votes on ordering the previous question on house resolution 653 and adopting house resolution 653. if ordered. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of amendments an review a wide range of things. commissions to volunteer at community health centers. should we have a government r

mr. walden? >> aye. >> mr. walden, aye. mr. terry? mr. rogers? >> aye. >> mr. rogers, aye. mrs. my rick? mrs. my rick aye. mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan aye. mr. murphy of pennsylvania? aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. burgess? aye. mr. burgess aye. ms. blackburn? mrs. blackburn aye. mr. beginningry aye. mr. scully? >> aye. >> mr. scully, aye. mr. voucher? mr. voucher rotes no. mr. goran? [ inaudible ] mr. goran, aye? mr. marquee? >> no. >> mr. marquee, no. mr. matheson? >> aye. >> mr. matheson, aye. mr. rush? >> no. >> mr. rush votes no. mr. ross? >> no. >> mr. ross votes no. >> all members responded to the call of the roll? any member wish to change his or her vote? now the clerk will report the te. >> mr. chairman, on that vote there were 23@dxvz2<)hoh >> he offered the amendment as a way to get members on the record on the issue of a public plan. this is 30 minutes. >> this amendment seeks to clarify one of the great mysteries in the debate about health care. that is where my republican friends stand on government-run health care. that is where my republican friends stand on the issu

mr. walden: may i go now, madam speaker? thank you. the speaker pro tempore: you're recognized. mr. : i thank the speaker. i thank the gentlelady from north carolina. i represent a district that's 70,000 square miles. over half of it is already under federal ownership and control. i won't necessarily say good management, because it's also home to lots of issues involving poor forest management, catastrophic fires, lots of degradation of the habitat, lack of management over the years. one of the things that troubles me about this legislation is that we're going to spend $700 million overall potentially, i've heard figures as high as that, to apparently buy 19 million acres of land, perhaps. and if it is indeed those levels, all that land when the government buys it comes off the tax rolls. i've got communities with 20% unemployment where the government owns 70% of the counties. they've shut down activity on the forests and the federal government's trying to shut down activity out on the range land and destroy things like cattle ranching and some of their great economic ways of the wes

mr. walden can i thank you very much mr. chairman. it is like in a food product regulated by the fda is a dangerous contaminants are in the bottled water is considered adulterated by the fda, correct? >> that's, correct. >> and its pilots the law if it is sold to consumers can buy people can go to jail if they do a. >> and if we are worried about some of the claims on the label isn't that really also under the jurisdiction and, the ftc, federal trade commission on false advertising and labeling? >> i will have to get back to you, i done of i can answer. we do have certain jurisdiction there and i'm not sure it about the ftc. >> i would assume that they would but i don't know that for the fact is something we ought to the cap because would be helpful if they are here and the epa today and perhaps somebody from coca-cola as well since they are not represented on this panel but we're saying that not. >> one thing and what two mention it as a couple months fda will -- >> is your mike von? >> in a couple months fda al-awja the report of a

mr. walden? mr. walden no. mr. terry? mr. terry no. mr. rogers? mr. rogers no. ms. myrick? [ applause ] myrick no. mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan no. mr. murphy of pennsylvania? mr. murphy no. mr. burgess? mr. burgess no. mrs. blackburn? mrs. blackburn no? mr. gainbridge no. mr. doany? mr. doany no. mr. boucher? mr. boucher no. mr. murphy? mr. murphy no. mr. rush? mr. rush no. mr. hill? mr. hill no. mr. matheson? mr. matheson no. mr. green? mr. green no. mr. gordon? mr. gordon votes no. >> have all the members responded to the vote? >> is that everybody? >> any member wish to change? his or her vote? all right. when the clerk's ready, we'll get a report of the vote. >> mr. chairman, on that amendment, there were zero ayes and 57 nos. >> zero ayes, 57ñññññw in section-- >> without obj >> i thank the chairman for yielding. the "dallas morning news" that, highlighted the troubles that a young girl had who was covered by medicaid. she had difficulty finding a doctor to treat her stating due to the lack of medicaid doctors, medication patients often grow sicker. there

mr. walden: i thank the gentleman for his comments. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. dingell: i yield to the -- to a member who has worked very hard on this legislation for a long time and who was one of the original sponsors and has been a valuable contributor to the process of bringing it forward. my distinguished friend from california, ms. degette. ms. degette: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. dingell: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. without objection. ms. degette: thank you, mr. speaker. many of us have been talking about comprehensive food safety for years. our nation's business community is calling for it. our constituents are begging for it. i'm so pleased that today at long last we are considering this bill on the house floor on a bipartisan basis. . the bill before us will strengthen our food supply in a number of areas and transform our food system into one that focuses on prevention

mr. walden? >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary thanks for being here today and the work that you're doing. i have some questions. like many of my colleagues i'm just starting to look through discussion draft that's out and i know that you've undoubtedly played a role in working with some members of the committee on the. so if you can help me with some of these things. is it true under the bill an employer could be subject to 8% tax even if they offer a worker an employer-sponsored health care policy? >> yes, i think that's accurate that there are some ways, if it isn't determined to be credible coverage, that you could have the pay or play provision. >> if i'm reading it correctly, is it true that if the employee decided to go with eoh through their own plan, employer could still end up having to pay oh foe they went through the exchange, i guess it is. tell me how that process works. an employee could refuse the plan from the employer, correct? >> i must confess -- >> the people behind you are shaking their head,

mr. walden, aye. mr. terry? >> aye. >> mr. terry, aye. >> mr. rogers? >> aye. >> mr. rogerser aye.ick? >> aye. >> mr. sullivan? aye mr. murphy, votes aye. mr. burgess, aye. ms. blackburn? aye. mr. gingre sgl. >> aye. >> mr. gingrey, aye. >> mr. scalise? >> aye. >> mr. scalise, aye. >> have all members responded to the call of the role? if so, the clerk will tally the vote. >> mr. chairman, there were 24 ayes and 33 nos. >> the amendment is not agreed to. we have votes now on the house floor. we will take a recess and i urge members to return to the mark-up as soon as we complete the last vote on the floor. >> mr. chairman, what time do you think we're conclude this evening? >> we'll go, i think, till 11:00 or 12:00, maybe longer if we're going to take this much time on every amendment. >> i just need to know how much coffee to drink, mr. chairman. >> stand in recess.

mr. walden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. alden: i thank my colleague from louisiana. i rise today also in support of this legislation, i think it's a good bill because i think hydroelectric power is a good thing for our country. when we're concerned about get regular newble energy online, -- renewable energy online, probably nothing better than hydropower for that unfortunately, in the cap and tax bill that was passed by this house over my objection and over the objection of the gentleman from illinois, there is a provision on page 19, line 12, sub3, that says the hydroelectric -- electric project on the dam is limit sod that any elevation that would have occurreded in the absense of the hydroelectric dam is maintained. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. could we remove conversations from the floor so the gentleman can be heard? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i share this language with you because the gentleman from illinois my friend, talk about the 404,000ing me watts, w

mr. walden: there's no question it's time to reform the health care system. but a government takeover is not the solution. putting the government bureaucrat between your family and your from is not the solution. and losing the health plan you have today is not a solution. yet the democrats' bill would do just that it puts a bureaucrat between you and your doctor, doesn't have real reform two of three americans won't be able to keep their plans, according to independent analysis and it does nothing to bring down the costs and drives up the deficit by over $239 billion. meanwhile if you're out in places like oregon, rural oregon, the c.e.o. of asante health systems in oregon said the government option under the democrats place plan would be the death nell for hospitals since i pays medicare rate which pay 76% of his hospital costs yet 52% of his patients are out of medicare. if it increases to 75% of their patient the hospital has to close its doors that plan does nothing to rein in costs. let's reform health care in a way that puts patients first and doesn't d

mr. walden, mr. walden aye. mr. terry. mr. terry aye. mr. rogers. mr. rogers aye. mrs. myrick, mrs.kk aye. mr. murphy of pennsylvania. mr. murphy aye. mr. burgess. mr. bernlgess aye. ms. blackburn. ms. blackburn votes aye. mr. gingrey, aye. mr. skulley. aye. ms. degettz. degettz votes no. mr. gonzalez. no. mr. mattheyson, no. mr. rush. mr. rush votes no. mr. shaddik. mr. shaddik, aye. >> have all members responded at the call of the roll? >> mr. gordon. >> any member wish to change his -- >> mr. gordon. mr. gordon votes no. >> the clerk will tally the votes and report. yes? >> on that vote,]b >> a texas congressman who was a doctor offered an amendment that would cap a non economic damages to no more than 250 thousand dollars b this is about 25 minutes. -- no more than 250 thousand dollars. this is about 25 minutes. >> this was an amendment that would affect liability in the practice of medicine, and that amendment was ruled not germain e, and we were allowed to report it to achieve terminus -- that. the protections provided each of the subsections shall apply in the case of a healt

mr. walden: there's no question it's time to reform the health care system. but a government takeover is not the solution. putting the government bureaucrat between your family and your from is not the solution. and losing the health plan you have today is not a solution. yet the democrats' bill would do just that it puts a bureaucrat between you and your doctor, doesn't have real reform two of three americans won't be able to keep their plans, according to independent analysis and it does nothing to bring down the costs and drives up the deficit by over $239 billion. meanwhile if you're out in places like oregon, rural oregon, the c.e.o. of asante health systems in oregon said the government option under the democrats place plan would be the death nell for hospitals since i pays medicare rate which pay 76% of his hospital costs yet 52% of his patients are out of medicare. if it increases to 75% of their patient the hospital has to close its doors that plan does nothing to rein in costs. let's reform health care in a way that puts patients first and doesn't d

walden 2. will offer them in block. >> mr. chairman, we don't have walden 3. i mean -- >> we have walden 3.they're looking for walden 3. >> one is division "b." and one is to division "a." >> we're going to consider the amendment as read. we're going to accept it with some caveats. but with some statements. if you want to brief on your comment and i'll be very brief, mr. chairman. >> these amendments are similar to legislation of representative polmer introduced. enwit comes to this new health commission that would be established in the bill, a por porti portionate representation. so, it works to about 25% of the makeup where this health commission would be practitioners practice in the rural areas so they have a voice of what it is like to practice in rural areas. i believe welch is a co-sponsor. mr. chairman -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> it already has a requirement like this. section 1805 of the social security act mandates that medpac has broad representation. adding this new requirement would be redundant. but i'm also open to accepting this and looking into it further. also, i su