Michael Burgess: “I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for the consideration of two important bills…”

“I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for the consideration of two important bills: a bill that will transform and advance the discovery, the development, the delivery of treatments and cures; and a bill that will help our small and community banks, institutions that, in turn, can further assist small and local businesses and help our communities grow. I want to thank all of the Members who did put a lot of effort into the final package on the Cures bill, as well as the staff on both sides of the aisle, all members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the House as a whole, who were asked to bring their ideas to the table, and we worked to include as many of those as we could. I would also like to express my thanks to the great attorneys at the Legislative Counsel who sometimes worked around the clock to get this bill ready for both the committee and floor activity. I want to thank Chairman Upton, Representative DeGette, as well as Chairman Pitts and Ranking Member Pallone and Ranking Member Gene Green for their leadership throughout. It has already been mentioned, but I also want to thank the staff, both in our personal offices and at the committee staff, who have worked so hard on this over the past 4 years. This was truly all hands on deck. There is not one staffer on the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce who does not have their fingerprints all over this bill. Mr.…”