I wanted that on the record because we battle on the floor on this and we are going to keep on battling.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in opposition to H.R. 5. It combines two very bad ideas into one terrible bill that is anti-senior, anti-consumer, and anti-health. It's no accident that we're considering the…

As I often say, if you cannot breathe, you cannot work.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased at this time to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished ranking member and soon-to-be chairman of the Health Subcommittee, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).

I have never, never heard that when I go home.

It is our job to protect America's families just the way we protect our own.

The agency was established with bipartisan support and has demonstrated repeated success in improving our families' health and keeping the Nation's water clean and safe.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield to an important member of our committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) for 2 minutes.

I would like to get the transcript, the answer that Administrator Jackson gave me.

This small be important investment helps States to monitor water quality of public beaches and protects the public from sickness caused by water pollution.

We are doing our job. And we have put a lot of money behind keeping our water clean.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to my colleague from California, one of the key people in the authorship of the Affordable Care Act, George Miller.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. We're talking about the Independent Payment Advisory Board--advisory board. The appointed membership of the Board shall include physicians and other health professionals, experts in the area of…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. We hear these things now, but we heard them in 1965 when Medicare was being proposed--socialized medicine, an unfair government intrusion into our lives. Medicare is a popular, successful program. I…

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased at this time to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).

We have had more domestic drilling, to the point where in 2011 American oil production reached the highest level in a decade.

I'd like to yield 1 additional minute to the gentleman and ask him to yield to me.

The problem that we keep facing is rapidly rising health care costs. It's not just for Medicare; it's for private insurance. It's for anybody who has health coverage that costs of health care are going up rapidly. The approach of Medicare…