speaking. >> the republicans are confused right now. some of them are saying, discrediting the cbo, and others are glorifying pushing 24 million people off of coverage. so i hope that they would pull the bill. that's really the only decent thing to do. numbers are important. they see the numbers. they should know how that transfers into people's lives. they are finding that out from their constituents. how can they look their constituents in the eye when they say to them, 24 million of you are no longer going to have coverage. those of you who do have it will have less in terms of coverage at more cost to you. with that i am pleased to yield to the distinguished democratic leader of the senate. welcome back to the house side. my former colleague -- >> 18 happy years. actually 14 happy years and when we lost the majority four unhappy years. it's -- thank you very much. i want to thank leader pelosi