I thank my colleague from New Jersey (Mr. LoBiondo). I rise in support of this amendment, and I know the chairman of the full committee has looked at it and supports it as well. It gives the FAA administrator the ability to designate a NextGen center on a competitive basis, and it would be a good and needed resource for the FAA; and, therefore, I would urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendment. Mr. LoBIONDO. I reserve the balance of my time.
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