Norman D. Dicks: “We realize what a difficult situation you are in out there, and we want to work with you on these requests.”

I want to thank the chairman for his very kind remarks. It has been a deep pleasure working with you and your very able staff. I think one of the reasons for the success of trying to restore regular order is that we've had good staff…

You don't fix the roads, you're going to drink the roads.

I thank the gentleman for his hard work on this issue and look forward to working with him.

Tom Foley was my friend, mentor, and colleague in the House of Representatives.