Nick Rahall: “The peace dividend is not a long-term solution. That is still a Band-Aid approach.”

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…

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

Your commitment to bipartisanship has proven that together we can do great things.

I am happy to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Enyart), who is on the Agriculture Committee and an original sponsor of the legislation. He has been of tremendous help in moving this forward.