David Skaggs: “I would assume then that the gentleman would make no distinction between the publicly owned and the privately owned…”

Trying to regain my composure, and I thank the gentleman for interrupting me, perhaps just a couple of quantitative observations will capture how we are blessed and graced with the gentleman from Illinois being really an example of living…

It seems to me it might extend then to, for instance, opposing the Helms-Burton legislation which has certain extraterritorial effects that run into serious opposition from our friends around the world.

I guess I am in the awkward position of wanting to help love their amendment to death, to acknowledge how meritorious their claim is for additional resources but then say, as the chairman has, 'Not here.' Because the account that they…

I just in closing wanted to note two other provisions. As the chairman is aware, the bill provides somewhat less funds than were requested for the section 3161 program, the transition support for workers that are being phased out of these…