I think we use that excuse way too often in Congress, in the administration. 'Well, that is an unintended consequence.'

We all know we have a struggling economy and unemployment remains way too high.

We have to work with consistent data. And we have to work with people who have more credibility than I do with a lot of these constituency groups such as Mr. Simpson.

I know the Chairman, Ms. McCollum, myself, and Mr. Simpson have all wanted stronger contract support services.

Tim Aiken, my legislative director, just reminded me that MS13, the violent drug and sex trafficking gang in northern Virginia was actually operating out of the refuge in Prince William County because there was so little capacity for law…

Sometimes we need a political balance too.

A terrific program. Maybe we can put a word in for it when we talk about NEH in the report.

I want to thank Mr. Carlson for managing the Inter Tribal Buffalo Council.

I appreciate your accommodating all of them.

So we are trying to maintain the ecology, and you can see Mr. Simpson really is reasonable.

And BLM is not being sufficiently aggressive in terms of sterilizing the mares?

I deeply value our friendship, Mike. I really do. It has been a pleasure to work with you.

At this time, I yield 3 minutes to our colleague from Michigan (Mrs. Miller).

Before I yield to the gentlewoman from Wyoming, I just want to highlight that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a substitute teacher earning $11.07 an hour, if that substitute teacher's hours were cut back from 39 to 29 hours…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to commend the gentleman from Indiana, Congressman Young, for introducing this important legislation and Chairman Camp for making it a top priority. We have heard from…

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem).

I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a colleague on the House Ways and Means Committee.

I ask unanimous consent to speak to the Senate as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Creating Real Value