Rob Andrews: “The committee staffs who were involved in writing the bill are Federal employees subject to the Federal Employees Health…”

I think you are doing some of the most meaningful work in this Congress by your diligence here, and I am proud to be associated with it in a very minor way after the work you have done.

I believe that this rebalancing is the right priority for the country.

Provocation is not the goal of these questions; a sober analysis is.

Reclaiming my time, the Senate passed a bill to keep the government running at your numbers that you wanted in budget. We are asking, give every Member of this House a fair up-or-down vote on that bill. Will you do that? I yield to the…