Nick Rahall: “If the gentleman will yield, the chairman and I have finally found something we agree upon. I agree as well.”

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the distinguished ranking member on our Highways and Transit Subcommittee.

I am happy to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop), our distinguished ranking member. Again, I thank him for his tremendous vision and superb knowledge which has brought this conference report to the floor today.

I am glad to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), a distinguished member of our Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, we can pretend that we care about the future of America and…

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