Garret Graves: “If there is a job lost over this rule, it should be the jobs of the people at NOAA that are proposing the rule.”

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.

In closing, naming the House Press Gallery after Frederick Douglass is going to honor his commitment to the free press, his legacy, and his work reporting on the official business of Congress. I urge support of House Resolution 137, and I…

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.