I applaud Representatives Chu, Finstad, and McIver for their bipartisan work on this bill. I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time.

I appreciate the work of my colleagues on this bill, and I urge its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 832, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I will deal with the internal issues before me without interference from New Jersey or, indeed, the federal government.

I have to be the firewall to stop that.

We have to be smart as Democrats and as leaders and parse through all this and just go do what's right.

I have to be able to put in safeguards. Of course, everyone says I had the option to remove him. I still hold that option to remove him.

We will not sit idly by and let our rights be attacked.

We labored under a king 250 years ago, and, as I said, we're not going back there.

I respond this way. With all due respect to the state of New Jersey, they do not tell us in New York what to do, nor does Washington, when it comes to policies that we believe are going to reduce congestion.

No one else should be able to second-guess us, because that's not how our system of laws and states was set up.

What he's doing is – they've described it as flooding the zone. They're attacking California when it comes to FEMA dollars. They're filing lawsuits in Illinois. They're going after Maine on this, and they're coming after programs that have…

We will see you in court.

With all due respect to the state of New Jersey, they do not tell us in New York what to do, nor does Washington.

Oh, yes, it's going to the courts, and I believe we will be victorious in the courts, and this program will continue.

As the only hearing office in the lower Hudson Valley region, its closure will negatively impact thousands of constituents who reside in these seven counties.

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Given the expected closeness of the vote, it’s imperative that we are present with maximum attendance.