Charles Boustany: “But we have seen those specifics. Those are platitudes.”

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).

I think that is a pretty tacit admission that the market is failing.

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