Alan B. Mollohan: “I rise to generally express my satisfaction for the bill in the main. First let me compliment our chairman the gentleman…”

“I rise to generally express my satisfaction for the bill in the main. First let me compliment our chairman the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stokes) for the quality of their contribution to this bill. Year in and year out, through the process of marking up this bill putting it together, these two gentlemen, real gentleman, work extremely hard applying their very formidable talents to coming forth with an extraordinary piece of legislation under the circumstances that they find themselves and under the allocations that they are given. This is I will note, and I will have more to say on it later, the last bill of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stokes) the last time he will be bringing this bill before the full House. And we are terribly appreciative of his wonderful service over many, many years. Every year, the Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies works to strike the right balance in funding what is really an eclectic mission of vital services and programs to our people.”