Virginia Foxx: “I appreciate it very much. Like my colleague before me, I am grateful for the opportunity to be here on the floor to…”

“I appreciate it very much. Like my colleague before me, I am grateful for the opportunity to be here on the floor to speak about issues that are of concern to the American people. My colleague from California (Mr. LaMalfa) is joining me for a short period of time, and I would like to give him the opportunity to speak for a few minutes. I believe that he has some important things to say, and I would like him to share those. I now yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. I appreciate it. Thank you to my colleague from North Carolina. You are very gracious in yielding to me, and it has been a pleasure to work with you. Mr. Speaker, I thank those assembled here tonight. I just want to talk a little bit about some of the issues we have going on in the West, in northern California. First of all, the excitement we have of coming in--it is a new Congress, it is a new direction for our country, I think. We have a stronger majority in the House of Representatives, of the Republican House. As well, it is a different majority over in the Senate. A lot of people aren't too concerned with what party it is or what partisan issues are; they want to see results. That is what I am looking for as well.…”