the community was united on not having a short-term solution.

Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton).

Good morning. Thanks to everyone for being here. It is a hearing I have been looking forward to for some time.

I am encouraged by this emerging technology within the healthcare system, and I look forward this morning to examining how it is transforming the way in which doctors, patients and consumers approach and manage the delivery of care.

Please try to do more for veterans--homeless veterans. We still have them out there.

That is a sin that we have to cure.

Please get to 100 percent.

Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), I offer amendment No. 27. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 149, strike lines 3 through 17…

Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Chair how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 3 minutes remaining.

If my Republican friends get their way and we repeal the ACA, what do you think will happen to health insurance premiums in this country?

Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague from New York for those important words. Either we protect our children from lead paint or we don't. Mr. Chairman, I don't think anybody here would want to live in a home or send their children to a…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 28 Offered by Mr. Becerra The…

Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask that it be considered. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 425. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. My amendment would strike section 429, which delays implementation of the EPA's lead renovation, repair, and painting rule. According to the Centers for Disease Control, at least 4…

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, this amendment is very simple. It strikes section 425 of H.R. 5538. Section 425 would prohibit the EPA from updating the definition of the terms ``fill material'' or…

Madam Chairwoman, the gentleman's points are well taken that the status quo is preserved, and that is the problem. Section 425 would prohibit any change in the status quo and would prohibit the EPA from updating the definitions of the…

Overall, the plan would represent an enormous step backward for our country, reversing historic progress in expanding health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the gentleman for his leadership with this amendment. This amendment is meant to address the overreach, a punitive approach that the EPA is taking, intervening itself within a…