Rob Andrews: “I am glad to hear that my friend from California, Mr. McKeon believes that competition between public and private is a…”

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, my friend, the chairman from Texas, asked, I think, a couple of very important questions about this amendment, and he really points out why I support it. First, he asked: Where is the proof that…

I am opposed to the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Andrews moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3350 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to…

And colleagues, I think the best way to resolve this debate is to ask a simple factual question. There are two approaches here. The majority approach wants to pass this piecemeal bill. We want--``we,'' meaning the entire Democratic Caucus…

My understanding of the principle of germaneness is that the underlying subject matter of the bill has to be the subject matter of the motion to recommit. We have heard repeatedly from the offerers of this bill that they believe it is…