Judy Biggert: “You are just asking for support of this amendment and not for anything concerning the bill?”

We have no other Members that are here so I would just like to say, again, thanks so much to my colleagues, and particularly my family. Some have been with me these entire 14 years and some have arrived after the start of the 14 years. To…

I thank the gentleman. I will always think of you as the green man from Colorado. Now I would like to yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Todd Platts, who is also retiring.

Like my colleagues here today, I am deeply concerned that as we begin to transition out of Afghanistan we are at risk of losing those hard-fought gains. Tragic news stories like the recent brutal murder of a young girl in northern…

I also thank you for the experiences we've had working together on the Education Committee and being the Bermuda Triangle that we always laughed about, sitting on our side with Tom Osborne. We made a nice triangle to put things like…