Charles Boustany: “We have to make sure that these things are applied fairly, and----”

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).

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

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.

We are seeing the costs going up. And of course what the President is proposing is higher taxpayer liability.