Michael Burgess: “It was an absolutely dreadful bill.”

This has all been so moving and so lovely, but if anyone tuned in late tonight in C-SPAN, they probably thought I passed because it really did sound like a eulogy. I am still here, and I will continue to text and call and inform everyone…

I am going to yield to Mr. Alford here in just a moment, but let me yield myself 2 minutes for the purpose of a response. It is difficult for me to sit here and be lectured about the cost of living by the gentleman from Massachusetts…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.

I thank Dr. Bucshon from Indiana for yielding me the time on such an important reauthorization that we are undertaking today. Mr. Speaker, 2018 was the last authorization for sickle cell research. Prior to that, it had been part of the…