Charles Boustany: “The focus of today's hearing is on 501(c)(3) public charities, the largest category of tax exempt organizations.”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 13, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon. Page 3, line 15, strike the period at the end and…

Less choice, less information, less control. This is disastrous for health care.

The trend lines in all these areas are very disturbing, in my mind, as a physician who has been around health care for quite a long time.

This is an absolutely essential amendment because we need more transparency about methods and how these assumptions are built into what they are proposing. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).