Denny Hastert

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. I appreciate the gentleman from Washington, who is a doctor and certainly sees things from a different perspective, but I have to tell my colleagues he named 10 mandates that our bill does not have, 10 mandates. And he also talked about the Federal Government, the HCFA agency starting to lay out what one's health plan should do and what it should not do. The gentleman from Washington has certainly been an advocate of big health care, government takeover of health care, and that is exactly what this plan is not, and I want the people in this country to know that. We think the decision on what one owes health care should be between the patient and the doctor, and that is exactly what this bill does. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes and 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger) for the purpose of a colloquy.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, what is the remaining time for both?

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon)

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Smith).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, what is the remaining time?

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Kelly).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Graham).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means. (Mr. THOMAS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Weldon).

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. I do.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Dickey).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) who worked on the task force and certainly was the creator of a lot of the thoughtful positions that are included in our plan.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 10 seconds. I just want to remind the gentlewoman from Colorado that if it is emergency care, our patients are in the emergency room immediately, not 72 hours. She is wrong and she misrepresented the facts. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 5 seconds. I would just like to recommend to the gentleman from Rhode Island that he read the right bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Ballenger).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Graham).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Ensign). (Mr. ENSIGN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Kentucky (Mrs. Northup).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson) a member of the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, and distinguished for her work on health care for many, many years.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I would inquire as to the remaining time.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Dunn), a member of our leadership.

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood).

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Shadegg).