Chris Van Hollen: “Let me start by thanking my colleague, Ranking Member Levin, for yielding but, most importantly, for his partnership on…”

“Let me start by thanking my colleague, Ranking Member Levin, for yielding but, most importantly, for his partnership on this important bipartisan legislation. I also want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Chairman Camp, thank you for all of your efforts and diligence in getting us to this point. To our fellow cosponsors--Congressman Crenshaw, Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers, Congressman Sessions, and others--thank you for all you have done to get us to this point. To our colleagues on the other side of the Capitol, Senator Bob Casey and Senator Richard Burr, this has been a team effort. Mr. Speaker, like Congressman Crenshaw, I want to especially recognize and honor those families from across the country who actually worked so hard over so many years to get us to this point. Many of those families are in the gallery today. Others are watching from around the country. At a time when there is deep cynicism about the ability or lack of ability of Congress and the government to function, they broke through that cynicism and are an example to others of what we can do and can accomplish by working together. Because of their efforts, as we heard, we have 380 cosponsors, Republicans and Democrats, in the House and 74 United States Senators, Republicans and Democrats. With that broad bipartisan and bicameral support, everyone worked together to get to this point. We have heard what this does.…”