On the recordOctober 28, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2643, and I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this legislation. I want to briefly say a few words about Mr. Williams' bill, H.R. 2643, the State Licensing Efficiency Act of 2015. This legislation is extremely important. I am proud that this bill is a product of a bipartisan effort, a bipartisan effort that, in the last Congress, I was privileged to work with the Committee on Financial Services chair emeritus, Chairman Bachus, on this legislation. Unfortunately, the clock ran out on the last Congress. So I am very pleased that Mr. Williams has taken up this legislation and gotten it to the floor. It just makes all the sense in the world to streamline criminal background checks. I want to thank Mr. Williams and thank my colleague, Mr. Neugebauer, for championing this legislation. I urge adoption of this bill. I have no further speakers on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
