This is a special day. This is probably the first day that I would have preferred to have been a member of the chairman's committee rather than of the Appropriations Committee. The committee should be congratulated for its great work on this bill, and I am happy to be an original cosponsor. I rise in support of the amendment. It is critically important that we have serious outreach to all of our universities and medical centers, including African American, Hispanic, Native American universities, and those in the most rural parts of our country. I thank the gentleman and Diana DeGette and all of those who worked on this great piece of legislation.
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