Michael Burgess: “This issue is so important to the Speaker of the House.”

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford) for his comments.

I urge adoption of the amendment. It is important, with $31 trillion in national debt, that we be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. The gentleman is right. I have pursued this for a number of years, but it is because it is a noble cause…

I never expected that CMMI was actually going to deliver the cost savings that was promised.

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…