I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns), one of the coauthors of the House bill. (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I just want to say that I am glad we can work together on this bipartisan bill. It is an important step in improving access to clinical trials. I thank my colleague from Louisiana for sharing his…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, I mentioned that we are for some of this tax relief in this bill. But if you talk to small business owners across this great country of ours, you talk to workers, you talk to families…

I am now pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri).

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I have two special investments in this bill, Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act. One is being a physician, a family physician for 34 years. The other is that…

(Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Fleming), a physician who knows a little bit about clinical trials.

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