Nick Rahall

We have worked bipartisanly together as well on National Guard legislation, giving them a seat at the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

I'm very honored to yield 3 minutes to a cosponsor of the pending legislation, the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Meng).

Thank you. I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler). (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Our citizens need and deserve timely answers, especially when such disaster assistance is so critically needed.

The gentleman I'm going to yield to now may be departing the Congress after this session; but we will still value his professionalism, his expertise, and certainly his friendship for the very near and distant future. I'm happy to yield 5…

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).

Yeah, just a comment, Mr. Chairman. Your overdramatization I think is unnecessary. I don't believe the food and beverage problems of Amtrak are going to cause our country to go down the tubes.

In trying to make food service cheap, we made some of it inedible.

I am not suggesting that contract towers are not as safe as similar FAA facilities. Rather, I am saying we lack sufficient information to make a strong comparison.

I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), who has higher jurisdiction over the flood insurance portion.

I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member on our Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, as well as a valued member of our conference on transportation, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings).

I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member on our Railroads Subcommittee and a valued member of our conference, the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Brown).

I'm happy to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), another valued conferee on our side. {time} 1120

I'm happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), a distinguished member of our conference on this agreement.

I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), the ranking member of the Education and Workforce Committee, who has jurisdiction over the student loan section of this conference agreement…

I'm ready to close if the gentleman is ready to yield back his time or close himself first.

I am happy to yield 4 minutes to a very valued member of our Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski).

I am very proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from Ohio (Ms. Sutton), who's been a real stalwart and real fighter for Buy American provisions and American jobs.

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop), a very valued member of our Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

No, I'm not asking you to roll over and play dead. I'm saying that we ought to go to conference, accept the Senate bill. We can come back, as I've said now for the third or fourth time, and enact a technical corrections bill if there is…

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Texas, a valued member of our committee, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson.

As we are all anxiously awaiting the chairman to respond with his time, I yield back the balance of my time so that we all can wait with bated breath to hear the distinguished chairman's response to our invitation.

I guess it's not very popular on his side of the aisle. He doesn't seem to have many speakers coming over. I haven't noticed many members of his committee to speak in favor of this extension today. I am prepared to close. I would take some…

I am honored to yield the customary 1 minute to the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, the gentlelady from California (Ms. Pelosi).

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes at this time to the distinguished gentlelady from the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the ranking member on our Economic Development and Public Buildings Subcommittee.