That is not only a correct statement, the estimate is a little low, according to the administration. Mr. McCAIN. According to the administration.

It is a correct assessment in most of the parts. They will have to give up the insurance they have now, even if they like it, which the President did mention 47 times in public speeches. And there are some requirements on how much of a…

That is correct. And so were the other parts that were done in order to buy the bill in a bipartisan way. Mr. McCAIN. So what you are saying is that unless a health care policy provided by an employer is absolutely unchanged totally for an…

According to the administration, in small businesses, 80 percent of the people--unless this is passed--will lose the insurance they have and like, and in all businesses 69 percent will. Those are not my numbers; those are the…

In one of the instances, that is correct. Mr. McCAIN. So in a 2,733-page bill, if we have 121 pages of regulation for every 2 pages, that is going to be pretty interesting, isn't it? And the fun has just begun. The fun has just begun. If…

Mr. President, I yield up to 10 minutes to the Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona is recognized. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with the Senator…

The Chamber of Commerce, for instance, says: The administration released an extremely complex regulation that makes it virtually impossible for plans to maintain grandfathered status, instead subjecting them to many expenses and burdensome…

Mr. President, I just wish to get a few things read into the Record. I have a list of 54 organizations that are supporting my resolution. They include the Latino Coalition, the Chamber of Commerce, the Coalition of Affordable Health…

Mr. President, while I am waiting for another speaker to come, I will make some additional comments.

Mr. President, I yield up to 8 minutes to the Senator from Kansas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas is recognized.

Mr. President, I yield up to 10 minutes to the Senator from Nevada, Senator Ensign. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada is recognized.

I yield up to 10 minutes to the Senator from Iowa. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa is recognized.

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments by both of the leaders on health care from the other side, but you can't have your own facts. You can't show significant changes as being the only thing that eliminates grandfathering. If you look…

Folks all over the country are just like Jim. Insurance agents are explaining to small businesses that they will be forced to choose either to absorb premium increases in excess of 15 percent or lose their grandfathered health plan status…

Mr. President, the resolution we are debating today is about keeping a promise. The authors of the new health care law promised the American people that if they liked their current health insurance, they could keep it. On at least 47…

That is correct. The Federal bureaucrats have figured out what the minimum amount of insurance is that you ought to have and everybody else in America ought to have, and even if you like what you have, you are going to have to go to that…

Mr. President, I move to proceed to S.J. Res. 39. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will be 2 hours of debate equally divided. The Senator from Wyoming is recognized.

Yes, that is correct. That is correct. If they change the copay, they are no longer grandfathered. Mr. McCAIN. So even though it is obvious that the cost of health care is going up, continues up dramatically--that is estimates of OMB, of…