Pete Stark: “I just wanted to correct the misstatements of the previous speaker. On March 8 the committee report indicates that the…”

“I just wanted to correct the misstatements of the previous speaker. On March 8 the committee report indicates that the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Gibbons] did not vote. As a practical matter, he was out sick on that day and did not vote on this bill either way. Second, the House of Representatives has never considered Medicare select in its deliberations. It was added about the Senators in a conference and never considered in the House of Representatives, and I stand by the statement that there are no Federal regulations covering it.”