Rod Blum: “I thank my friend from Texas and appreciate his hard work on this important legislation.”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. __. CEDAR RIVER, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. The Secretary shall…

I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time

I would like to make the gentleman from Virginia aware that I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. I enjoy my colleague from Virginia's rather dry sense of wit and humor. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

It reminds me of someone buying a drug that there is only one available in the country and then raising the price 100-fold.