Charles Boustany: “Before I turn to the Ranking Member, Ms. Ingram, do you want to respond to that?”

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

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…

I have no other Members wishing to speak on the bill, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my 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).