I want to just thank a couple more people. I would like to thank my girlfriend, Lynlie Wallace, for being supportive of many of my shenanigans. She supports me in these efforts, and I am grateful for that. I would like to thank Tyler Lowe, Jon Arnold, and my district staff. If it wasn't for them, we never would have kicked off at 0700 from Mi Tierra Restaurant. They got us on the right path. So it truly has been a good time. I think the gentleman from Texas and I are ready for some shuteye. I do not know how many times a Special Order has been done between a Republican and a Democrat. We will have to ask the Parliamentarian after this, but hopefully this is the first of many.
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