Sean Duffy: “I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan, who is also a very good friend of mine, for yielding. I rise in support of…”

“I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan, who is also a very good friend of mine, for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 4537, the International Insurance Standards Act. I first want to start with thanking the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck) for the countless hours and effort that he put in, in a bipartisan effort, crafting this bill that would allow us to get an incredibly wonderful bipartisan vote. On top of that, we had some jurisdictional issues, so we had two chairmen from Texas, of the Ways and Means and Rules Committees, Chairman Brady and Chairman Sessions, who also worked with us to navigate those jurisdictional issues. I also want to thank the ranking member, Ms. Waters, for working with both Mr. Heck and me to navigate some of the issues that she had with this bill to allow us to craft a piece of legislation that could get bipartisan support. I know at a time when a lot of people don't think that bipartisanship necessarily happens in this Chamber or in this town, because it doesn't make great news, it happens. People work together; they compromise; and they find a pathway forward. I think this is a great example of that, and I want to thank the ranking member for her help in this effort and for her support. Again, it passed out of committee 56-4. In essence, what we are doing here is saying that we have had a State-based model in America that has served this country very well for 150 years.…”