Maurice Hinchey: “It is also a great pleasure to be here with other witnesses who will be speaking later who have traveled here today from…”

Thank you very much.

May I inquire as to the time remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 12 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 9 minutes remaining.

Thank you very much. I deeply appreciate it. The situation that we're dealing with here is critically important. It's harming huge numbers of people. What the Senate has done is an adequate solution to this problem. They've provided the…

Can you tell us how much time we have left on both sides? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.