raymond kingston said -- he is the director out at nih and i know the distinguished senator from maryland knows him personally, kathleen sebelius said this, the new secretary of health and human services and a personal friend of mine. i even have heard the president's dog boe said, well he barked, but in case you didn't follow cms there would be a biting consequence. now, i don't want to quarrel and get down into the weeds to the degree that we talk up our efforts for the whole morning especially since it is a friday and i do want to thank the chairman for his perseverance again also the ranking member. and i do want to thank again, senator mikulski who works with everybody with good intent, but we had a counter counter if i can find. allison, do you have that or do i have it? [inaudible conversations] >> okay, just to make sure everybody understands we want cms to inform and disseminate, we see now senate reports and recommendations are prohibited from being used by any government entity for payment coverage or treatment decisions. and then we thought that that would be more precise. so

raymond kingston said it. he's the director out at nih, and i know the distinguished senator knows him personally, kathleen sebelius said it on his secretary of health and human services, and a personal friend of mine. he even -- he'd heard that the president's dog bo actually tuesday. >> well, he barked, but he said in case you didn't follow cms, there would be a biting consequence. i don't want to quarrel and get down into the weeks to the degree that we just tie up our efforts for the whole morning especially since it's a friday, and i do want to thank the chairman for his perseverance again and also the ranking member, and i do want to thank again senator mikulski who always works with everybody with good intent. we have a counter counter, if i can find it. allison, do you have that or do i have that? >> if we want cms to inform and disseminate what they're about that we say now senator, reports and recommendations are prohibited from being used by any government entity for payment coverage or treatment de