Hal Rogers: “I thank the chairman for yielding. And I want to thank the members of the Rules Committee. Chairman Dreier and all of…”

“I thank the chairman for yielding. And I want to thank the members of the Rules Committee. Chairman Dreier and all of the members of that committee are required to work at all hours of the day and night. In fact, we were testifying before the committee last night at 12:30 seeking the rule on this bill; but that's par for the course for the Rules Committee, who work long, laborious hours with very little thanks. But I want to thank them. And I want to say to Chairman Dreier and the gentlelady, the ranking member, there has got to be a special place reserved in heaven for those who labor in this vineyard. So thank you for the hard work that you do. I want to say thanks to my colleague, my ranking member on the full committee, Mr. Dicks, who is with us in the Chamber. He and I have worked hand in hand in this process all year long. It's a very productive relationship. I value his advice and his help and he has been free to give that advice and help all year long. And this is the product of our work, a bipartisan, comprehensive effort to fund the government. And we want to get us back to regular order. For the last several years, before we took over this body, appropriations was a mess. We didn't do any appropriations. We lurched from one continuing resolution to another, leaving the public bewildered. And so Mr.…”