David Hobson: “if we do not have to engage in any further debate, I support the gentleman and am prepared to accept the amendment.”

Thank you. I appreciate working with you, too, sir. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr…

I have seen the pictures that you have given me, and I certainly understand the problem there in Florida. We will try to work with you every way we can. Because I have seen it. It has fallen in, and it has got to be fixed.

I rise today to remember our good friend Paul Gillmor. Just yesterday, the three of us rode together in from Columbus. I saw him in the airport, and I said, Hi, Gillmo. He said, Hi, Honorable Dave, and we started to talk, as we did often…

Let me say this: as the gentleman spoke, this came about when I was chairman of the committee. We relooked at what we were doing for HBCU. I happen to have two in my district. These institutions are generally underfunded and generally…