Joel Hefley: “There is an old saying in the gentleman from Texas' home State, when you have struck oil, stop drilling. And you have…”

Let me correct just one thing. The gentleman makes a very good argument. By the way, we should have dealt with this at budget time; there is no question about that. The way this amendment is crafted, it does not reduce high-priority…

You said one side of the aisle is not interested in the Ethics Committee proceeding and working. There is enough blame to go around, I have to say. Both sides of the aisles have fouled this process up now. And we need to work together to…

Let me just say, I am sorry about the procedure, but this bill has been sitting in these two committees for 2 years. We have a fire season coming up again, and we need to focus all the assets we can. When we have a war and when we have a…

I would just encourage an ``aye'' vote on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley). The question was taken…