Nick Rahall: “We cannot afford to delay construction projects.”

I will miss working with you and all of my esteem colleagues from both sides of the aisle, but I know that with your leadership, and your bipartisanship, and your transparent manner of operating this committee, this Nation's future is in…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentlelady from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), a very powerful lady on the Committee on Appropriations, the ranking member on Energy and Water Development.

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson).

In good times and bad, one constant remains here on Capitol Hill. The Congress of the United States continues to attract some of the brightest minds and most eager spirits our country's colleges and universities can produce. They are our…