Rob Bishop: “in closing, I wish to try and address my remarks to the bill we have before us and hopefully keep them germane to the…”

“in closing, I wish to try and address my remarks to the bill we have before us and hopefully keep them germane to the particular issue we have in front of us. We have a very good conference report. It is a conference report which is just what a conference report is, a negotiated compromise between both parties and both Houses of this Congress, which means, in essence, we have 535 different opinions and we have compromised down to one bill, which I think satisfies the base needs of all of us, or at least the vast majority of us who are in Congress right now. This is legislation that reflects legislative priorities as to funding for vocational education. {time} 1045 It provides more funds than perhaps the programs that have been assigned to us by the Constitution would do to this particular body. But it does reflect those priorities. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this resolution because a ``yes'' vote moves us forward. A ``no'' vote on this resolution would harm kids. Mr. Speaker, I support the resolution and the underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The previous question was ordered. The resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________”