Madam Speaker, the National Forest Service does a fantastic job of managing our Nation's natural resources. They manage them in Florida as well as all across the Nation, and they deserve to have the tools that they need to give them the…

How much time do I still have? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute. The gentleman from Kentucky has 6 minutes.

I appreciate the Chair insisting on regular order. It's nice that we have that. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. I am going to yield myself, Madam Speaker, 1 minute. We are here today because sometime this morning the majority…

Mr. President, my distinguished colleague and chairman of the committee and I are working very hard to clear further amendments as well as get a vote on the Sessions amendment, with a Pryor amendment connected to that, and a McCain…

I would yield myself 30 additional seconds. So I guess the other thing that I need to point out to Members of the body and to the American public is, because of the procedure, this is all deemed, apparently--and I hate to use that word…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself 5 minutes. It may have been explained before I got on the floor, so if I am repeating something that has already been said, I want to apologize in advance. But I do want the American people to know what this…

I recognize myself for 1 minute, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has been yielded time, but he does not control that time.

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds. And to be told at 10 o'clock this morning about this bill, which is a compilation of several bills, is just a disservice to the American people. With that, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the…

I would yield 1 minute to a distinguished member of the Energy and Commerce Committee from Flower Mound and Denton, Texas, Dr. Michael Burgess.

I thank the gentleman for the recognition. One minute is not much time to deal with what is a very complicated process. It is unfortunate we didn't have more time to actually look at this bill before it came to the floor on the concept of…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 49 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

The last hour just ended, and you heard the admonition at the end of the hour that it is extremely important for people to pay attention. And during this hour, I am going to echo that thought. It is important for people to pay attention…

That's correct. Thirty-four States do have the high-risk pools. Nathan Deal, the ranking member on our Health Subcommittee, and I tried to put some further refinements out there this year during the health care debate. I don't like…

That's my understanding. It is such a good idea, as you correctly pointed out in your very graphic demonstration. The strong arm of enforcement here is the already existing Federal agency that collects our income taxes every year.

If the gentleman will recall in May and June of this year, six groups met down at the White House. It was a great photo-op. My AMA was there. The Hospital Association was there; PhRMA showed up; AdvaMed, the people who make medical…

That's my understanding from the reports that have been done by Heritage and other groups. But interestingly, if Massachusetts wants to enact a mandate, they are a State. And if their residents say, Okay, we are happy with you, Governor…

I thank the Speaker for the recognition. Well, here we are, Tuesday night, Washington, D.C., 20 minutes until eight o'clock in the evening. What a day we have had here in the Capitol. Mr. Speaker, many of your constituents and my…

Not entirely. And what they found was, since you have to buy the insurance, the cost may have gone up a little bit.