mr. whitfield. >> thank you. >> i yield back. >> yield back. >> mr. whitfield yields back. anyone else wish to comment on the whitfield/stupak amendment. we'll call into question of the amendment. all those in favor say aye. those opposed. the ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. an amendment on the majority side. >> mr. chairman, i have three amendments at the desk. engoal 6, engel 5. >> asked that they be considered together? >> yes. >> the clerk will report the amendments. >> amendment to the amendment in the nature offered by mr. engel of new york and mr. schakowsky of illinois. >> mr. engel is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today i'm offering two amendments. the first is with my good fri d friend, ms. capps of california. child-bearing women and newborns and uncovered adults, as we look to improve value, in cost containment in the underlying bill. our amendment will help us with these important goals. medicaid now pays for 43% of births in the country. 25% of hospital charges to medicaid are for child-bearing women and newborns. in fact,

mr. whitfield. mr. whitfield, aye. mr. shimkus, aye. mr. blunt. aye. mr. boyer, mr. baoyer, aye. mr. pitts, mr. pitts, aye. mr. walden, mr. walden, aye. mr. terry. mr. terry, aye. mr. rogers. mr. rogers, aye. mr. sullivan, @@@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ >> mr. angle. mr. angle votes no. mr. rush. mr. risch wrote snow. mr. greene. i am sorry. ms. matsui, i am sorry. ms. matsui votes no. mr. bowsher. mr. bowsher votes know. matsui votes no. mr. boucher votes no. mrs. meyerick is aye. >> have all members responded? anyone wish to change his or her vote? if not the clerk will tally the vote. hold it. we have something else coming. i don't believe you are recorded. gentlemen wish to vote? votes no. mr. hill votes no. mr. space. mr. mathison. mr. mathison, no. mr. gordon, no. >> anyone else? clerk. >> no. mr. ross. mr. ross, no. miss baldwin is recorded as voting no. >> clerk will tally the vote. mr. rusch? mr. rusch is recorded as no. have all members responded to the role? clerk will report the vote. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, there were 24 ayes and4 noes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. who d

mr. whitfield. >> we are all very polite today, so thank you very much. mr.irman, i want to thank you also for holding yet another important hearing examining the ongoing financial crisis and ways we can help our constituents get through these difficult times and mitigate future problems. secretary geithner said that this new consumer financial protection agency would have only one mission, and that is to protect consumers. it's also my understanding that this proposal would eliminate the consumer protections that the fdic, the federal reserve board, comptroller of the currency, any impact on the ftc -- perhaps we should explore expanding the authority of the ftc. another problem that concerns me about the proposed legislation is that there is no federal preemption of any state law that is more stringent than federal law. and anyone that has gone through a mortgage process, when they hand you the 45 pages of documents, you are going to find yourself getting more documents if you have these conflicting state laws on these consumer issues. and i think that's a