I would like to commend the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) for all of his hard work on this issue. It is really nice to have these bills that are bipartisan in nature, and certainly homelessness is something that we all hear about and…

We have no further speakers on this side of the aisle if the gentleman would like to close.

With that, I would, again, commend the sponsor of this bill, Mr. Huizenga. And I thank Mr. Green for managing this bill. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…

At this time, I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga), the sponsor of this bill.

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On rollcall No. 857, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

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