this brings us closer to the final agreement that we all want to achieve. this idea was offered by two of our most conservative members. it has been embraced by a broad sprek trum of conference. people representing all corners of conference. it would create a new high risk program. lower cost for everyone else. and the authors of this will go into more detail. following votes today, i've asked the house rules committee to mark up this amendment and add it to what we were already considering before. i want to thank gary and dave for being productive throughout this process. their amendment makes this a much better bill. it gets it closer. this is the kind of collaborative, bottom up effort that we have been looking for. like i said, we have more work to do. those conversations continue to take place and really show progress. this amendment alone is real