I appreciate you all being here.

I am here on the Democrat side, congratulating them for great work on 21st Century Cures. I was involved in a couple pieces of the legislation that were added, one on antibiotic resistance and a lot on medical devices, because we need to…

The community must be able to hold the ICANN board accountable.

I cause a lot of difficulty. It was just one of many.

I do believe we have achieved in the role of the Government Advisory Committee at ICANN today a very powerful and unique balance.

So that brings me to H.R. 2119, which is the bill I dropped, just to really say sign off on it.

We do have 21st century cures.

I think it is important. I think the Senate is on board.

You have to make actuary changes, not nibbling around the edges.

I am proud of the work of this subcommittee to ensure that the IANA transition preserves the Internet we know.

We almost have to do that by--the contract has to get extended to do that.

Last month the House acted on a bipartisan basis to pass this subcommittee's DOTCOM Act.

So what proposals are you going to provide to us to make this program sustainable?

Wouldn't it be prudent to have you all and your actuaries sign off on each demonstration to ensure that it is budget neutral?

ICANN must be more accountable if it is to be trusted with the stewardship of IANA.

But the point is this, here--that is our budget.

And yes, we are in a better place than we were a year ago, and it is thanks to your help.

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the Record on the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

the claims, they are not being substantiated by the facts. The facts don't substantiate the claims that States have made that we can build a better mousetrap, provide better care, and actually have a savings to the Medicaid system.

CMS is standing in the way of a lot of State innovation by not approving commonsense waivers, and taking long, long periods of time to improve--to approve the ones they do.

We do need transparency so that the States understand the process, how to get things approved.

Yes it is. H.R. 2576 contains protection for existing state laws and existing citizen enforcement actions. No existing state requirements will be preempted unless they actually conflict with federal requirements.

That is correct. We do not intend to interfere with operation of Proposition 65 unless a requirement under that law actually conflicts with a federal requirement under TSCA.

I personally believe Congress should give States authority to adjust their programs without any CMS waiver, as long as it is within the law.

So, you know, that story kind of just supports our concern and the reason why we dropped the bill.