I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, and I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Armstrong), my very good friend.

I support H.R. 5585, the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Health Act. During my time in Congress, I have been a strong supporter of basic medical research, and I recognize the potential translational medical research holds when it builds…

I have got a question really for General Scobee.

We are going to miss you, General. You have done a fantastic job for the country, and just appreciate all the hard work.

I want to associate myself with and maybe echo the concerns of the ranking member of the full committee and the ranking member of the subcommittee simply over the balance inside the President's budget.

I totally favor the amount of money we are talking about. I don't have any problem with that.

I have concerns of my own about the ambitious funding of ARPA-H in the President's budget.

We are going to try to continue to do what we have been doing since 2015.

I sometimes think, you know, we try to do too much at the Federal level, and I am not talking in terms of money.

I am always pleased to point out that in the 7 years we have had the opportunity to work together, each in a different role--sometimes chair went back and forth--but the reality is we found common ground seven times in a row, and I am…

It is just a no brainer to spend millions--to spend billions on preparedness to save trillions of dollars in costs.

I think we can fix that, and we did. And we were able to get a fairly substantial boost.

I think it's just a no-brainer to spend billions [on preparedness] to save trillions.

Americans are much more likely to be killed by a pandemic than by a terrorist.

I urge you to find a way through to provide support for global COVID control.

I think we are going to wake up some day and find out that it is a lot like tobacco.

A sustained commitment to increasing funding for the NIH is a vital step to preserving our status as the world's leader in biomedical research.

I think that has been a good course for the country.

Obviously this is a difficult morning for all of us, and I want to associate myself with your opening remarks.

I am a huge believer in what has been done at the NIH.

Thank you for visiting my district, and thank you for the job you do. It is much appreciated.

I want to say a particular thank you to you for your good offices in all of this.

First of all, to our witness, Mr. Figueroa, I could not have done a better job.

I think it is fair to say that the chair and I agree with you about the imbalance between NIH funding and ARPA-H.

These are actually the places where the American people want us to be making continual investments.