Nick Rahall: “Can you give us the time remaining, please, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from West Virginia has…”

I would urge my colleagues to ensure that labor remains engaged in the conversation, and that aviation programs receive robust, stable funding and to keep air traffic control in the realm of good Government, where it belongs.

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Kirkpatrick), a true leader on veterans issues and a member of the VA conference committee.

In closing, much has been said today in dislike of this temporary fix, and I could not agree more. It is not my preference. We all want to address this in a long-term, robust manner. That is also the opinion of the Transportation Trades…

this committee is where the future of this country is at, in my opinion.