I hope we can work on a bipartisan basis to expedite this process because, as you indicated, it is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back when you do not have a functioning EXIM Bank.

I would like to get your commitment to get your team to the table next week.

I think that it might have been arbitrary and capricious to leave them off, since you were looking at everything.

So the Maryland delegation is on record opposing this in a bipartisan way, number one.

Let's just be real, right? This was about the Atlantic coast, including the Atlantic coast of Florida.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

That sounds arbitrary and capricious.

But the reality is, in Maryland, Governor Hogan, a Republican Governor, is on record against it.

I just hope we could sort of put this on hyper-speed, like you did in Florida.

I thought the findings underscored the importance of not scaling back the safety protections we have.

I just want to clarify that, because, obviously, the Deepwater Horizon was an accident.

If there is an oil spill today and millions of birds are killed, would the perpetrator of the oil spill... be responsible for damages as they have in the past?

We want to make sure that it is an inclusive operation, giving opportunities for minority businesses, small businesses, to participate.

I want to know what efforts and services you use in order to reach out to minority businesses as part of OPIC's function.

I strongly support OPIC's functions. We have many Maryland companies that have benefited by it.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Ms. DeLauro, and I would ask if she would be willing to stick around just for a little colloquy. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I will.

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