I thank my friend from Illinois for yielding. I have so many things that I want to say now in light of that. The truth is, Mr. Speaker, I just came over, had to walk out on some constituents to be here. Hunter Pruett is in town. He is advocating on behalf of the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation, and he has been meeting with me every year for the 10 years I have been in Congress. I said: Hunter, I am sorry. I have got to go to the floor. This is our bill today. I will see you back home. He said: I just want to tell you one thing, Rob. He said: Whatever is going on in politics, just forget it. What I want you to do for your next 9 months in Congress is just go and do the right thing for the right reasons, and we will be with you. That is a pretty common message that we get, but our committee process doesn't always allow that to happen, and I want to thank the chairman for leading a process that has allowed exactly that to happen. Mr. Speaker, I don't know if it has been mentioned, but I am looking at the chairman of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress sitting beside the chairwoman of the House Administration Committee. Now, as you look through these 30 recommendations today, you will see that a lot of them have to do with House Administration jurisdiction. I am standing right beside the ranking member of the House Administration Committee.…
Rob Woodall: “I thank my friend from Illinois for yielding. I have so many things that I want to say now in light of that. The truth…”
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