G. K. Butterfield: “We have competing interests here between small rural hospitals and the need to protect the consumer.”

We took the case into Federal court, and the lower Federal courts ruled in our favor and ruled that the State legislature engaged in partisan gerrymandering and that it was a violation of the Federal Constitution.

I also want to do another promotion of the briefing that Congressman Butterfield and I are hosting on pediatric trauma, May 24th.

Again, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from North Carolina has 4 minutes remaining.

Section 5 has been very meaningful and has meant a lot to the political progress the minority groups have made across the country.