I appreciate the Chair insisting on regular order. It's nice that we have that. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. I am going to yield myself, Madam Speaker, 1 minute. We are here today because sometime this morning the majority…

I would yield 1 minute to a distinguished member of the Energy and Commerce Committee from Flower Mound and Denton, Texas, Dr. Michael Burgess.

How much time do I still have? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute. The gentleman from Kentucky has 6 minutes.

Madam Speaker, we have all seen the television program ``Deal or No Deal'' where you look at this case and you decide whether you want that case or you don't want the case and take the deal or not take the deal. Well, that's what we have…

I rise in support and honor of the late Congressman Charlie Wilson of the Second Congressional District of Texas. I didn't know Congressman Wilson in his salad days. I didn't get elected until 1984. By that time, he had calmed down…

As a sixth-generation native Texan, I want to commend you for honoring Texas Independence Day, March 2, the 174th birthday of the Republic of Texas. I commend you for the fine work that you do, not just for your constituency in the Houston…

This is a good first step. But if this is all we do, it's a sterile step. On the other hand, if you really follow up and include everybody in the process, you're more than likely to get a solution that everybody signs off on.

A budget freeze would not be the end of the world for this committee or for the Congress.

I understand Chairman Waxman's desire to beef up the staff, and that is understandable as a new chairman.

I would hope you all would abolish it. Whatever needs to be done, between Mr. Waxman's troops and my scalawag band of troops, we can get it done. We don't need the Select Committee.

I would add one item to Chairman Waxman's agenda. That is the reauthorization of the National Institute of Health.