I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, let's deal with just a few facts. First of all, the fact is that this would be the ninth extension. The fact is that the Democrats, who are on the other side of the…

I am pleased at this time to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster), the chair of our Rail Subcommittee.

May I inquire as to the balance of time on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 7 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from West Virginia has 6 minutes remaining.

My colleagues and Mr. Speaker, this is a 60-day extension that has been agreed to by our leadership and negotiated with the other side of the aisle. I believe it will ensure the surface transportation programs at the Department of…

I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), the chair of the Highway Subcommittee.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Unfortunately, this has turned into, I guess, sort of a political ``gotcha'' game. If this was a sporting event right now, the umpire would probably come out, throw down the flag, and say a foul has…

When I go home recently, I hear from folks and my veterans ask me when is the hospital going to be open.

The most important question I think that was asked is, when we are going to open this thing.

Unfortunately, I am hearing that recalculating too much because they told me March 15th, they would have a plan.

So we know by that performance and the lack of performance of what we have seen with the puffers, that behavior detection is very important and others use it successfully.

Can you name any terrorists that you have actually stopped in the program?

We never intended it to mushroom to this size. And, as you know, I have been critical particularly of the administrative cost.