Nick Rahall: “I am honored to yield 1 minute to another distinguished member of our T&I Committee, the gentleman from Pennsylvania…”

I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Well, we are off to a good start. We are…

It is my honor to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a former member of our powerful House Transportation Committee, who decided to go to the esteemed Ways and Means Committee.

One of my distinct pleasures in serving for 38 years in this body has been to work with the dean of the House, Mr. John Dingell. Throughout our almost four decades of serving the people of our respective districts and those of our Nation…

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…