Gus Bilirakis: “The Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications will come to order.”

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

In closing, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on this particular bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis) that the House suspend…

In closing, again, I commend Representative James for his great work on this particular bill. It is very necessary. Mr. Speaker, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on the bill, obviously, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro…

The gentleman is correct, the sponsor of the bill. We are upholding this very important need. We are moving forward because we have a chairman and a ranking member that worked very hard to address these issues and move them forward. Let's…