Dan Crenshaw: “I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. Let me first just say thank you to Chairman Camp, the chairman of the Ways…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. Let me first just say thank you to Chairman Camp, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, for his hard work in bringing this bill out of the Ways and Means Committee with a unanimous vote. I thank him and his staff who have worked long and hard to bring this bill to the floor today. On a personal note, as Chairman Camp leaves the Congress this year, I want to express my thanks and gratitude for his friendship over the years and for his leadership not only for the people of Michigan, but for the people of America. You will be missed. Mr. Speaker, when we talk about the ABLE Act, I think that this is a great example of what can be accomplished when people work together. People say we don't always work together, but here is a case where people have come together--Democrats and Republicans, the House working with the Senate--for the common good of the people of America. I think all of us probably know somebody, either a family member or maybe a friend of the family--somebody--who has a disability. It might be Down syndrome, or it might be autism, or it might be some other disability, but sometimes, I don't think we understand the difficulty and the challenges that those individuals and their families face. They are beyond our comprehension sometimes because we are lucky in the way that we can live. The ABLE Act seeks to address that inequity.…”