Gus Bilirakis: “Where the heck is Armed Services? We sit here and hold these hearings by ourselves, talking about DoD, and talking about…”

Let me tell you, the speaker on the floor of the House of Representatives in the great State of Florida used to begin his speeches by saying, ``I am fired up.'' I am fired up, Mr. Speaker, because we are going to pass a great bill that…

I have one more speaker. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Armstrong), the sponsor of the bill.

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close after Mr. Pallone. I reserve the balance of my time.

It is essential that Congress accurately understand what it is regulating before it does so.