Sam Graves: “That is why I am calling on the committee to triple the funding for these reliever airports in urban congested areas to…”

We are here today to discuss the discretionary grant programs at the Department of Transportation and to hear firsthand from stakeholders about their experiences with the Department's grant processes.

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

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate very much the gentleman from Oklahoma and his willingness to work with me on that. As he pointed out, we will have ample opportunity in conference to work these issues out. I give the gentleman…