Five seconds. I hope we get these two wonderful nominees on the way to confirmation today. I hope we will be patient and that we will all work together to fix the problems with health care. I think, at the end of the day, it is going to be great. I thank the Chair and yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alabama.
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