mrs. christensen: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 131. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: union calendar number 75, house concurrent resolution 131. concurrent resolution directing the architect of the capitol to engrave the pledge of allegiance to the flag and the national motto of "in god we trust" in the capitol visitor center. mrs. christensen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from the u.s. virgin islands, mrs. christensen, and the gentleman from mississippi, mr. harper, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the virgin islands. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their

mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. we in this body will deliver our health care reform package and fulfill our and the president's promise to america. and that makes us a special time to be in the congress and a great privilege to be a member of one of the main committees that has responsibility for this product. although there's still a need to improve on some measures, because of the public plan and exchange, the improvement in medicare, medicaid and schip, the mandates for coverage, a robust benefits package, accountability care organizations and medical homes and the provisions already included to reduce health disparities, our nation will be a fairer and more just country, and we will not only save money but we will be a more productive and competitive nation as well. but we must not let the cost -- it's significant investment -- its significant investment in health care will reap the benefits in the not too distant future. we hope that appropriate health care is available and accessible to every person living in

mrs. christensen: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. christensen: i want to talk about something republicans and democrats care about, paying for health care reform. there's evidence it will produce hundreds of billions of dollars of savings, we could get a return of 5.6 times on every dollar spent. another report will show we have saved $652 billion over 10 years by getting individual to medicare healthier and reducing advancing disease. c.b.o. will score prevention if we get them reliable data. let's cover the territories and not cut important programs out of the bill. let's score prevention and pass a bill that honors health care as a right and reestablishing the united states as the leader we ought to be. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> the president has appointed 32 czars in the federal bureaucracy. i'm con

mrs. christensen tok to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. christensen: we democrats have been explaining the health care bill but our colleagues seem not to have heard. the truth about the bill is it does not create a government-run health care system. instead, there is one public plan. individual and families can keep the plan they have or they are free to choose, free to choods the public plan or one

mrs. christensen? mrs. christensen, no. ms. katzer? ms. katzer, no. mr. sorbet? mr. sorbet, no. mr.of connecticut? mr. murphy, no. mr. spade? mr. mcnewer ne? mr. mcnewer ne votes no. ms. sutton, no. mr. braillely? mr. braillely, no. mr. welch? mr. welch, no. mr. barton? mr. barton votes aye. mr. hall? mr. hall, aey. mr. upton? mr. upton, aye. mr. stern? mr. deal? mr. deal votes aye. mr. whitfield? mr. whitfield, aye. mr. schimpf kiss? aye. mr. blunt? mr. buier? mr. buier votes aye. mr. redone vits? mr. redone vits, aye. mr. pitt? mr. pitt, aye. ms. bono-mack? aye. 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. stupak? mr. stupak votes no. mr. rush reported as pass. mr. rush votes off pass on no. mr. ross? mr. ross votes no. mr. space? mr. space, no. mr. shaddok? mr. shaddock votes

mrs. christensen: thank you, congresswoman fudge. thank you for yielding and thank you again for being so steadfast in anchoring this special order every monday night. i know many times i've wanted to join you and have not been able to be here to be supportive, to support you in it. but you've managed to keep it going and to provide good information on many, many topics to the people who are listening across america. i also want to thank you for your very clear explanation of what the public plan really is. we've heard a lot of misinformation about that public plan as congresswoman fudge -- plan. as congresswoman fudge says, it will offer choice and it is not a single pair, -- payer, it's nothing like the canadian plan. not to disparage the canadian plan. they have a good system. but ours will not be that. it will be an exchange where you have -- the american public will have choices and can choose a public plan or a private plan. so thank you for making that clear. and as we meet, mr. speaker, the democratic caucus is probably finis

mr. hill, no. ms. matsui? ms. matsui no ms. christensen? no. mrs. castor? ms. castor no. mr. sarbanes? no. mr. sarbanes no mr. murphy of connecticut? mr. murphy, no. mr. space? mr. space, no. mr. mcnortherny? mr. mcnortherny, no. mr. braillely? i'm sore. i apologize. ms. sutton? >> no. >> ms. sutton, no. mr. brayly? mr. brayly votes. no mr. welsh? mr. welsh no. mr. barton? mr. barton eight. mr. hall? mr. hall, eight. mr. upton? mr. upton, eight. mr. stern? mr. stern, aye. mr. deal? mr. deal aye. mr. whitfield? mr. whitfield aye. mr. ship cuss? mr. shattuck. mr. status aye. mr. blunt? mr. blunt, aye. mr. boyer? mr. boyer, aye. mr. rod dan know vich? mr. rad done know vich, aye. mr. pitts? mr. pitts, eye. ms. bono max? ms. bono max aye a. 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 ro

christensen? >> thank you, mr. chairman. there is some benefit to being a delegate. welcome, madam secretary. last week, we had some very good conversations on health disparities. in reading your testimony, both in the senate and here, there was very little if any reference made to this very important issue. it leads to preventable deaths every year. hope that you will work to ensure that your entire department is aware of this situation. the office of minority health and the office of the national center for minority health will be elevated to eliminating health disparities. the bill directs that a national initiative be in place. could to discuss how you plan to fulfill this requirement and insure that all areas be identified? how will the agency for health care quality and research be involved since they have been doing these help disparity reports? >> as i shared with you last week, i am, as a new secretary, concerned that we make sure that we do a lot more than published the reports which have alarming statistics about health disparities and, frankly, they are not getting any better. hea

for this historic pathway and the approval of biosimilars, i'd be happy to yield to this christensen and mrsley and have a minute and a half left. >> on be very brief, it is one to speak in support of this amendment. it is important that there will be in the process established for biosimilars and one that ensures safety for the patients come in is a very complex molecules and evade -- the provisions in your bill ensure that when in the biosimilars and on biologic is a proven that it has gone through is a vision path by and that it is time to lay a similar drug with a similar impact in the facts on the patience and i thank you for the imminent and am pleased to support it. >> thank you, mr. inslee and then 10 seconds for mr. steve packin mack there are some money, eric lundberg is this grandson of the case, he was better and in doing to that room to an arthritis and then invested about a billion dollars to build a product called embryo, he is now up walking iran is a successful artist and his life has been restored because we have laws that allow investors to put a billion dollar investment

christensen for questions can i thank you mr. chairman. i just want to go over the contaminant disclosure issue again with so i am clear. according to new reports it appears that consumers have access to a lot more information about contaminants in tap water then about contaminants and bottled water and an answer to some of the questions previously asked, mr. stephenson, and of the municipal authorities within 24 hours with contaminants such as e. coli above prescribed level in tap water, is that correct? >> that is correct can i have o spend notice over broadcast medium or in worn next in conspicuous locations? >> yes, there are very specific requirements on how you report those. >> but it is bottled water company ran the same test on water and on the same level of e. coli and both epa and fda say it is dangerous to human health, they don't have to tell the fda or epa or other public? >> for the state. >> of use is required by generally no? generally they don't have to can i generally they don't. >> it also requested to hainaut consumer