mrs. blackburn of tennessee. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following -- section. each amount made available by this act other than an amount required to be made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 5%. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam chairman. as you can see, this is a very simple bill. my amendment would require every single agency covered in this ag appropriations bill to be accountable to the taxpayers by reducing one nickel out of a dollar for what they have been given to spend. it requires all accounts to absorb that equally, that 5% reduction, and it will keep the bureaucracy from picking winners and losers or choosing to fund their pet programs. certainly, the amendment will save the taxpayers money, but this is also a stand for good government. it's about taking responsibility, not torturing the american taxpayer with excuses for ineffective and inefficient bureaucracies. . there are a lot of people that

mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [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 representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 109. the nays are 310. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 1 offered by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 1, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the

mrs. blackburn, for five minutes. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. earlier this week, my republican female colleagues spent an hour on the floor of this great chamber talking about why they have chosen to come to congress, talking about why they have chosen to leave the private sector and come to the public sector. and talked about why it is so important, so vitally important that they chose to come as republican women. i think as you listened to that debate, their stories were inspiring. you realized the diversity of the background, of the republican women that have come to this chamber, the richness of the experiences, the life experiences that they have brought with them. you, also, realized how solidly and firmly committed they are to strengthening and preserving this great nation. i think it's fair to say that our republican philosophy of government centers on faith, family, freedom, hope, opportunity and preserving those tenants that really underpin this nation. i can say that as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a small business owner i've had

blackburn asked because the apco insect mr. chairman if i may ask today's politico deputy secretary health and human services now at the hudson institute senior fellow at the hudson institute said it's time to address the rules and gives a very good description they actually are a concept started with the group demonstration project under the secretary michael levin in the previous administration and while perhaps they are not my individual favorite, they may have been a bipartisan approach to bring down the cost of delivering health care in the country particularly with in the medicare system. many clinics across the country had embraced this concept. but when they were left with a mismatch of regulations they said we can't do this. this doesn't work yet it was working in their demonstration projects in psychiatry lippitt's administration. one of the things he found is that they put a 2% savings before they got to participate in the shared savings there was a 2% barrier and into the rule it's now 10% to almost 4%. so what they

blackburn asked because the apco insect mr.rman if i may ask today's politico deputy secretary health and human services now at the hudson institute senior fellow at the hudson institute said it's time to address the rules and gives a very good description they actually are a concept started with the group demonstration project under the secretary michael levin in the previous administration and while perhaps they are not my individual favorite, they may have been a bipartisan approach to bring down the cost of delivering health care in the country particularly with in the medicare system. many clinics across the country had embraced this concept. but when they were left with a mismatch of regulations they said we can't do this. this doesn't work yet it was working in their demonstration projects in psychiatry lippitt's administration. one of the things he found is that they put a 2% savings before they got to participate in the shared savings there was a 2% barrier and into the rule it's now 10% to almost 4%. so what they foun

blackburn asked because the apco insect mr. chairman if i may ask today's politico deputy secretary health and human services now at the hudson institute senior fellow at the hudson institute said it's time to address the rules and gives a very good description they actually are a concept started with the group demonstration project under the secretary michael levin in the previous administration and while perhaps they are not my individual favorite, they may have been a bipartisan approach to bring down the cost of delivering health care in the country particularly with in the medicare system. many clinics across the country had embraced this concept. but when they were left with a mismatch of regulations they said we can't do this. this doesn't work yet it was working in their demonstration projects in psychiatry lippitt's administration. one of the things he found is that they put a 2% savings before they got to participate in the shared savings there was a 2% barrier and into the rule it's now 10% to almost 4%. so what they

mr. chairman. >> gentleman yields back and the gentlelady from tennessee, ms. blackburne the number one issue facing our constituents is jobs and the greatest obstacle that we're hearing about jobs is regulatory overreach, uncertainty through the regulatory process, and this is not surprising. when you look at the epa alone, they have finalized 928 regulations since the start of this administration with more than 6,000 pages of regulations released last year. now, saying you want to get rid of some of these regulations and issuing more is counterproductive to jobs. it is killing the growth of jobs, the figures this morning attest to that. i would encourage my colleagues to remember you don't do a jobs bill to create jobs. washington doesn't create jobs. it is the private sector that credits these jobs. it is our responsibility to create that environment for jobs growth to take place, and mr. sunstein, i have to tell you, all the regulations coming out of this town are not helping employers whether it is health care, whether it is banking, whether it is regulation from th