I just wanted to salute the gentleman from Florida. He has many great years of service as chairman of this committee. This is the last intelligence authorization that the gentleman from Florida will handle. He is retiring at the end of this year. We salute him as a great Member of this body and a great patriot. We thank him for his service.
Saluting a retiring colleague during a discussion on intelligence authorization.
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