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Hello? The committee will please come to order. A quorum is present. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Pursuant to Committee Rule 5V and House Rule 11, Clause 2, the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any measure or matter adopting an amendment on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. The committee will continue to use electronic system for recorded votes on amendments and passage of the bills before the committee. Of course, should any technical issues arrive, which I did not anticipate, we will immediately transition to traditional roll call votes. Any procedural or motion related votes during today's markup will be dispensed with by traditional roll call vote. Before we begin, I'd like to let our departing ranking member Jerry Connolly know that everyone here is praying for him. Our thoughts are with him and his family. It's been a pleasure to work with Jerry Connolly. We don't always agree, but I will tell you, I think he is a tremendous legislator, I think he is sincere about governing, he is sincere about trying to identify waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government, which is what this committee is all about, and I think that Ranking Member Conley is a role model for what a good member of Congress should be. He fights for what he believes in, he's honest, and he tries to do what he thinks is best. And we all on the Republican side of the aisle appreciate and respect Ranking Member Conley and wish him a speedy recovery.
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And I ask all these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Now I'll yield to Mr. Lynch for comments. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Burchard, thank you for your prayers. I want to thank all the members of both sides of the aisle for your kindness and remembrance and prayers on behalf of Jerry Connolly.
Jerry Connolly is still involved here, though. So he is whispering in my ear. He is, while I am in an interim position in his absence, he is very much engaged on the reconciliation process and thereafter. His presence is still here, and I think he would have fully endorsed It's the part of Mr. Burchard's prayer that called upon God to give wisdom to Republicans. You know, ironically, we are here today on a hearing on federal employees. Mr. Conley has more federal employees in his district than any other member of Congress. So I know it pains him greatly not to be part of this process.
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