Sherwood Boehlert: “What does ``development of physical facilities'' mean then in the author's mind?”

I will let the gentlewoman proceed with her time; and then if she exhausts her time, I understand the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) feels very strongly about this in support of it and he would like to have a minute or so, so I would…

Just let me say to the gentleman from Illinois how much we value his many contributions to the committee and how much we look forward to a continuing productive working relationship. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as she may consume to…

I would propose in response to the gentlewoman that she withdraw the amendment and we work in the spirit of bipartisanship to refine it so we all clearly understand what we are talking about.

This is an important outstanding issue that does need to be resolved, and it is my intention to address it in the final version of the bill. As Members know, H.R. 3070 as originally introduced mandates that prize contestants keep their…