Nick Rahall: “How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Biggert). The gentleman from West Virginia has 9 minutes. The…”

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.

We need a partnership, a co-partnership here, if you will, with GSA and OMB to work through this issue.

We need a partnership, a co-partnership here, if you will, with GSA and OMB to work through this issue.

I am very happy at this time to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Peterson), a strong supporter, the cosponsor of this legislation, original cosponsor of it, and the ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture.