Austin Scott: “I just want to extend my feelings of great appreciation to Mr. Davis from Kentucky, the distinguished gentleman, who has…”

“I just want to extend my feelings of great appreciation to Mr. Davis from Kentucky, the distinguished gentleman, who has truly provided the leadership on this bill. And you could tell from his eloquent statements earlier of his own experience in this issue that really clearly points to why we need this bill. And I thank you, and it has been a pleasure working with you on this, Mr. Davis. I again want to echo when he said about the chairman. I am very fortunate on this committee to have two mentors, Democrat and Republican. And as a Democrat, I am not ashamed to say one of my mentors is a Republican, and that is Oxley. Chairman Oxley. I call him 'Oxley.' On top of everything else, he is a great baseball man. And, of course, with Ranking Member Frank, it gives a great balance to the bipartisanship on that committee, which I think enables us to deal with ticklish matters like this very appropriately. But this bill here clearly gives us a very important statement. And it is with this statement that we are saying to these predators, keep your grubby hands off of our soldiers.”