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“Again, I think the gentlewoman described very well the situation that is there. We obviously, as I said, learned a lot in this process in terms of maybe trying to get more reassurance about the precision of the definition of what are agricultural products, as well as making sure that the regulations in Connecticut are beefed up so that the maximum level of truck safety would be incorporated into any such change. As I said, it needs more work. I want to thank Mr. DeFazio for at least listening to us and Mr. McGovern for making this amendment in order and Mr. Graves, again, for the work that he does on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. As a friend of mine once said when he was redirected out of a seat in the Connecticut Legislature: Don't send me flowers, because I am coming back. Don't send us flowers, because we want to really bring this issue, sometime in the future, to Congress to try and help really great people who work every day, get up early, and are doing wonderful things in terms of food production and agriculture products. I ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Connecticut? There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The amendment is withdrawn. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Tlaib The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in part H of House Report 116-438.”