James M. Talent: “I want to thank all the speakers for their kind words about the bill and about the process. I do need to thank some…”

“I want to thank all the speakers for their kind words about the bill and about the process. I do need to thank some other people, Mr. Chairman, very briefly. The Committee on Small Business shares jurisdiction over issues involving paperwork reduction with the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton], the chairman, and his staff for agreeing to waive their primary jurisdiction over the legislation. I also want to thank the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. McIntosh], a member of the Committee on Small Business who in his role as chairman of the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, has along with his staff also assisted greatly in helping us move this measure forward in a speedy fashion. I would also like to thank our ranking member, the gentleman from New York [Mr. LaFalce], for his help in moving the bill through the committee at information age speed. It could not have been done without him. I would also like to thank the Committee on Small Business staff who worked on the legislation: Jeff Polich, Emily Murphy, Laurie Rains, and Harry Katrichis for the majority, and Patricia Hennessey and Tom Powers for the minority. With that, I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this important bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”