In a very impressive display of bipartisanship, I am now going to yield some of our time to the manager of the bill for the majority. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus) as long as he does not talk about the Rohrabacher amendment.
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