Hon. Michael G. Oxley: “He knows inside and out how to guide a university to academic and financial success.”

I yield 8 minutes to the author of the legislation, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick).

I would echo that. And I am glad we changed the rules, by the way, that one can mention that body instead of referring to it as, quote, the other body. In any event, this is meaningful legislation that we indeed want to pursue in the other…

Mr. Chairman, to close, and again in opposition, I think it is unfortunate and really not necessary to put Republican-Democrat in the statute. That is really what we are trying to do; that is what the gentleman from New York is trying to…

in closing, let me again recognize a few individuals. Gary Miller of California, the author of this legislation, has been just dogged in his determination to get this legislation passed. Unfortunately, his plane was delayed coming from…