Anna Eshoo: “I would just like to make a few comments in closing because I don't have any more speakers and assert my right to close…”

“I would just like to make a few comments in closing because I don't have any more speakers and assert my right to close last. I think every good word that could be said about this legislation has already been stated, so I want to urge all of my colleagues to vote ``aye'' on this. It is legislation that has been scrutinized and re- scrutinized, and even though it has taken time and gone past its reauthorization date, that makes it all the more important that it be passed because the agencies really cannot do what we have been describing, and this has gone on since last October. I think that the bookends on this are national security and public health preparedness for manmade disasters and others, and neither one of these can be addressed by any individual. This has to be done by us on behalf of our country. So I want to thank Catherine Knowles for her very fine work in working with Rachel Fybel from my office. We really pay tribute to you because they have worked so hard every single day, not just for weeks, not just for months, but well over a year to get us to this point. I urge all colleagues to support this legislation. We are proud to recommend it to them. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time,”