Norman D. Dicks: “I worry about the economic recovery. I worry about the situation we face with the state and local governments.”

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 329, noes 91, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 579] AYES--329…

I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the ranking member of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee.

I thank the gentleman for his hard work on this issue and look forward to working with him.

I want to thank the chairman for his very kind remarks. It has been a deep pleasure working with you and your very able staff. I think one of the reasons for the success of trying to restore regular order is that we've had good staff…