Charles Boustany: “We simply can't compete. We have gone from being the global economic predator to the prey.”

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

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

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).