STEVE KNIGHT: “If we spend the money and we work on it, I believe that the American ingenuity can do this.”

On Tuesday, October 10, I missed two votes to attend to constituent business in my district. Had I been present for the day's vote series, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 558, the passage of H.R. 1858, to designate the facility…

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we do not want you to go out of business.

I have no further speakers. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

I plan to withdraw my amendment, but before I do, Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert) to engage in a brief colloquy.