ADAM PUTNAM: “There are no excuses and no scapegoats left.”

I remind the gentleman again that the House had an opportunity to pass a minimum wage bill, and we passed it over the objections of the other side of the aisle. We passed it.

You will see a stifling new increase of taxes, both on families and on small businesses. And there will be no one at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue with a veto stamp that is Obama, Pelosi and Reid. And all that that entails.

I want to honor him for his outstanding representation of our industry through all of our challenges over the past 10 years.

We appreciate that. Obviously, the Wildlife Grant Fund is something that is a formula-driven process and was an imperfect vehicle, but we certainly wanted to take this opportunity to make the important case for doing everything we can to…