John Spratt: “throughout this year, the gentleman from Iowa (Chairman Nussle) and I have tried to maintain an amicability and civility…”

“throughout this year, the gentleman from Iowa (Chairman Nussle) and I have tried to maintain an amicability and civility in the committee, which has worked between us because there is a natural relationship of friendship between us to start with. I commend him for the manner in which he has handled this on the floor. We have deep disagreements, but nevertheless, we have been able to disagree yet not be disagreeable. It is partly because of the manner with which the gentleman has tackled this whole thing, and I commend him for that. Let me also say to the House staff, they have worked, on both sides, long hours, hard hours. If Members want to see some evidence of the output, look at the walls of this place, at all of the posters they have presented, only a fraction of which ever made it in the well of the House; but nevertheless, they will be seen between now and the next several weeks. They won, but we will revisit this, I am sure, many times in the future. In any event, I thank the gentleman for the manner in which he has worked.”