Porter Goss: “first of all I would like to say that we have considered many amendments in this process and it is quite clear there are…”

“first of all I would like to say that we have considered many amendments in this process and it is quite clear there are many good ideas. This does not pretend to be comprehensive health care reform. This is very special, and it is meant to be doable and accomplished now, to take a subject we think we can do to make improvement for access and affordability for a great many Americans, to take the bill the Senate has worked on and to make it better here and to send it to the American people. We think that is doable. We have given the other side two bites at this. We have given them their own substitute and the right to recommit, of course. Some have said, ``Oh, my gosh; what we need to do here is get back on the health care track.'' Let me remind you, the health care track of the last 40 years was derailed in a monumental train wreck under the Clinton administration. They cannot even find the engineer for that. We now have something that is doable today, and all we need to do is get this rule on the floor, have the debate, vote this health care reform, and we come out with more health care opportunities for more Americans than we have today. It is worth doing. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the rule.”