Nick Rahall: “I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon will control the time.”

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.

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

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