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I thank the gentlewoman for her comments. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho).

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert) for his extremely eloquent remarks. Madam Speaker, I yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).

I thank the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) for his comments. And I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), and I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

I thank Representative Amash for his comments tonight. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard).

I thank Mr. Price for his comments. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Amash) for his tribute to our good friend, Walter Jones.

We are here tonight to honor our colleague, Walter B. Jones. Madam Speaker, I want to thank Congressman Price for the effort he has put in to making this evening a time for us to honor Walter, our esteemed colleague. Madam Speaker, Walter…

It doesn't make sense that you are providing--we are funding new vessels. We are funding new functions. But without an increase in maintenance funding, support for your personnel and their families, it just doesn't fit.

I don't want to pass by the opportunity to thank you for the good work your people did in North Carolina and the Carolinas generally with Hurricane Florence last summer.

As many have said, we are clearly approaching the 2020 election season. It is critical to ensure that our infrastructure for these purposes is properly supported.

I was pleased when the Congress passed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act last year, the first comprehensive emergency management reform package since Hurricane Katrina.

That is a program funded jointly by the State and FEMA, and what it is aimed at is residents who might, with some temporary repairs, continue to live in their homes while the longer term repairs are being made.

We are having recovery--we are undertaking recovery efforts now and appreciate FEMA's cooperation.

We might need to request a more formal inquiry on that.

I want to stay on the subject of ICE enforcement, the policies and practices attendant to that.

I wonder if you could address those two issues.

So I am very concerned about this.

This was, of course, an obvious case where prosecutorial discretion, and compassion and commonsense might have been applied.