Peter Visclosky: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also want to express my best wishes for the gentleman's mother. It is hard to…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also want to express my best wishes for the gentleman's mother. It is hard to oppose a gentleman who went to Purdue University. I know he is a very smart individual. I have my other colleague here from Minnesota. I have spoken to our colleagues on the previous amendment. I think people understand my position. I simply would add my voice to the chairman and emphasize, this is a very tough problem, and we ought to maintain as large a degree of flexibility as we can. I appreciate the chairman's remarks and associate myself with them.”