Ralph, we love you. We will miss you. You are a great guy. We will see you soon. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I want to thank the Congressman from Chicago, the Reverend Bobby Rush, for recognizing me. Mr. Speaker, we always in Texas refer to the former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn who served for 48 years as ``Man of the House.'' In fact, there…

I thank the gentleman. I now yield to the gentleman from Round Rock, Texas, the distinguished John Carter.

I look forward to working across the aisle to adopt common-sense policies that keep the CHIP program strong for the future and provide needed coverage to millions of kids.

In your opinion, if the next Congress significantly changes the Affordable Care Act, which I think we will, would you recommend that we maintain SCHIP as a separate program, or would it--would you recommend we fold it in with whatever we…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished chairman of the Rules Committee. First of all, let's try to define what this bill actually does. We have had a lot of rhetoric on the House floor the last 30 minutes or so. It is a pretty simple bill…

This should be treated, I think, as a public health issue.

It is obvious that people are affected by it. It is very obvious that people are concerned by it.

Mr. Chairman, we all understand that antibiotic resistant pathogens are a growing concern not only across the country, but across the globe.

However, despite these advances, there is still more work that needs to be done.

I am glad that Congress has been a true leader in this arena.