Tom Latham: “I believe we are coming to the end here, and I just want to make a couple of comments. As far as the gentleman from…”

“I believe we are coming to the end here, and I just want to make a couple of comments. As far as the gentleman from Massachusetts, once again, this will be his last appropriation bill on the floor as the ranking member and a former chairman of this subcommittee. Mr. Olver has done an outstanding job over the years. We don't always agree on everything. Do we, John? But we work very, very well together. And I just want to wish you and your wife the best. You are a great partner and someone who I admire very, very much-- your intelligence, your ability to look in detail at programs. And we kid each other--or I kid Mr. Olver a lot about maybe having debates inside his mind sometimes in committee. But he's always extraordinarily thoughtful and someone, again, that I admire very, very much. Madam Chairman, we've been through a 2-day process here. We have gone through a lot of amendments. I believe that we are to the point where we can bring this effort to a conclusion. And I would, again, thank Mr. Olver, thank the staff, the professional staff on both sides, on the majority and on the minority side, for doing such an outstanding job. Working together is very difficult sometimes on these bills. Also, in my office, Doug Bobbitt does such a fabulous job working on this bill for me. But I just want to say thank you to everyone. Madam Chairwoman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to.…”