John Mica: “I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your comments and thank the gentleman for adding his words of support here…”

“I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your comments and thank the gentleman for adding his words of support here tonight. It is true that other amendments relating to property rights, relating to unfunded mandates were also ignored in this, and this is not a partisan issue. This is an issue that affects every man, woman and child, every business, every local government. And you are so correct, too, in that if we do not address this here, it will continue. And it will only get worse, because we have the Clear Air Act coming up for renewal, clean water, Superfund and other questions of property rights and unfunded mandates that will not go away. So again, I thank you so much for taking time to come to the floor and express your support.”