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"I congratulate the distinguished Majority Leader for the fact that we have passed all 12 of our appropriations bills. No small feat. And if it were not accomplished, it would be a large feat to do. But in terms of quality health care, not only do we have our health care reform, we have SCHIP as I mentioned, Food Safety, FDA regulation of tobacco, and the list goes on. Clean energy, you know about the clean energy act, Cash for Clunkers, the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, fiscal responsibility, our budget blueprint, and once again, the Leader taking responsibility for passing the statutory PAYGO legislation, protecting consumers, credit card holders, fraud enforcement, military procurement reform, Lilly Ledbetter I mentioned, strengthening the oversight of TARP. And of course, the very important responsibility we have to protect the American people -- in passing the supplemental that we did earlier this year and our UGAI bill for America's fallen troops. And now you see some of the recovery act provisions for public safety being distributed to the country.

"So we're very proud. It's sort of a time to pause and reflect on this very productive Congress. And to do so as we go out to promote health care reform for all Americans that has quality, affordability and accessibility. That will be done in a fiscally sound say that will save the American people money, make our businesses more competitive, be an infusion of energy into out economy, and reduce the cost of our entitlements to the American people.

"So we're very, very proud of the work that we have done. And we look forward to the Energy and Commerce Committee passing out its health care reform bill this afternoon so that we will then have all three of our committees reporting out, will prepare in August for how we will go forward, and my colleagues will spend more time on that subject.

"But I want to commend
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