Nancy L. Johnson: “I ask how much time is remaining. The CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.”

we certainly are willing to accept the gentleman's amendment. It is a very thoughtful and important one.

I do not consider the AARP a special interest group, or the Coalition to Ensure Patient Access a special interest group, or the Alzheimer's Association a special interest group, or the Kidney Cancer Association a special interest group.

Connecticut seniors are signing up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, and many are saving hundreds and thousands of dollars. The CHOICES bus visited the senior citizens center in Plainville, Connecticut, and Thomas and…

does the gentleman feel confident even without any placeholder, should, say, the Senate fail to provide a placeholder, as they have in the past, that we will be able to address this in conference?