Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4212) to prevent the introduction into commerce of unsafe drywall, to ensure the manufacturer of drywall is readily identifiable, to ensure that problematic drywall removed from homes is not reused, and for other purposes.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material in the Record on H.R. 4212.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4212, an important bipartisan bill to help fight the problem of defective Chinese drywall which hit many families as a second plague when their home was destroyed by a hurricane or other disaster and then rebuilt using contaminated drywall from China.

The House bill, which passed by voice vote last summer, attacks the problem in three ways:

First, it directs the Secretary of Commerce to engage Chinese leaders and push for the manufacturers of the contaminated drywall to step up and take responsibility for the damages caused by their shoddy product;

Second, the bill requires all drywall manufacturers in the future to label their product with their name and the date of manufacture. The lack of such basic identifying information was a major problem for the homeowners who were stuck with contaminated Chinese drywall but could not determine which manufacturer produced it;

Third, and finally, the House bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to restrict elemental sulfur in drywall unless industry voluntarily adopts an acceptable limit first. Compliance with such a limit would be easy to check at the ports or elsewhere using simple handheld devices.

Mr. Speaker, the Senate amendment before us today preserves all of these key aspects of the House bill, making only a few minor changes. Notably, the Senate amendment provides that the CPSC may only enforce a voluntary sulfur limit if it is adopted by a specified standard-setting body. This responds to a concern that the voluntary sulfur limit be a true consensus standard; that is, the product of an open process that allows for participation of industry and consumers alike.

Mr. Speaker, the Senate amendment does not undercut the House-passed version of the bill, nor does it add any unnecessary government regulation. Therefore, I strongly urge the adoption of H.R. 4212.

I reserve the balance of my time.

At this time I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Rigell), who's the lead Republican sponsor. His dogged leadership on this is why it's back on the House floor again.

Mr. Speaker, in closing, let me make one very important point. Republicans and Democrats alike are united on this important health and safety issue. I urge all Members to pass this amendment today and get the needed consumer protections in place.

I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, due to mechanical difficulties, I was unable to make votes on Monday, December 17, 2012. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on both H.R. 4604 and S. 3193.

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize twelve women who are making a difference in the Second Congressional District and--in fact--all of Nebraska.

Small businesses are the life blood of our economy. They provide about 55 percent of all jobs in the private sector, and create about two of every three net new jobs in the United States. In 2007, women owned 7.8 million businesses.

On Friday, I will be honoring the achievements of some of the women business owners throughout the Second Congressional District. Through their hard work and dedication, they have created opportunities and made a difference in our community. As we work to strengthen our economy, women business owners will continue to play an important role in that recovery.

I also ask all of my colleagues to join me in celebrating the important contributions women continue to make in support of our economy.

BC Clark

BC Clark was recognized as the Women in Business Spotlight

for January 2012. She is the co-founder and President of the

Metro Omaha Women's Business Center (MOWBC) which was founded

in 2007. MOWBC hosts monthly business forums on the third

Friday of each month. The mission of the organization is to

empower women to become economically self-sufficient by

providing target education in business, professional and

personal growth. As President, Clark has recently instituted

the MOWBC ``Start-up Award Grant'' awarded annually to women

entrepreneurs for their initial start-up costs. In addition

to being the President of MOWBC, Clark is a Counselor at

SCORE, serves on the Board of Directors for the Ralston Area

Chamber of Commerce, Midlands Latino Community Development

Corporation and the Nebraska Business Development Center

Advisory Board.

Diane Bruce

Diane Bruce was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for February 2012. She is the cofounder of Charv's

Contracting, Inc. which was founded in 2009. Charv's

Contracting is a woman-owned and managed small business

certified by the SBA and is also approved by the City of

Omaha as a Tier H Emerging Small Business. Charv's

Contracting focuses on small to medium sized new construction

and remodeling services for commercial and residential

properties. Bruce has played a vital role in improving the

overall company with her 20 year background in sales,

marketing and office management. Various residential as well

as government customers have worked with Charv's Contracting,

like, City of Lincoln, State of Nebraska, Omaha Housing

Authority and the Buland Group.

Nancy Sempek

Nancy Sempek was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for March 2012. She is the current owner of

Christensen Drywall Construction, Inc. which was founded in

1949. Christensen Drywall is a woman-owned and managed small

business certified by the SBA as well as certified as a Tier

II Emerging Small Business with the City of Omaha. The

company specializes in residential, both new and remodel, and

commercial finishes. They provide a wide variety of

construction and drywall services for all construction or

remodeling needs ranging from acoustical ceilings to water

damage. Some of the projects that Christensen Drywall has

worked on are the Hummel Park Nature Camp Center, commercial

tenant finishes and low income housing.

Shayne Fili

Shayne Fili was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for April 2012. She is the President and Owner of

Auction Solutions, Inc. which was founded in 1999. Auction

Solutions is an SBA certified Woman-Owned Small Business and

a Tier II Emerging Small Business with the City of Omaha. The

Auction Solution team primarily focuses on Real Estate and

Personal Property Auctions, but also focuses on Estates,

Collections, Collector Vehicles and more. As the owner, Fili

has played a vital role in improving the overall company by

becoming a CAGA Appraiser and CAI certified, obtaining her

Real Estate Salesperson License, as well as becoming a Real

Estate Broker and BAS certified.

Julie Kaup

Julie Kaup was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for May 2012. She is the current President and

Owner of Boss Electric LLC, which was founded in 2010 and is

quickly being recognized as an up-and-coming electrical

contracting company in Eastern Nebraska. Boss Electric is an

SBA certified Woman Owned Small Business, a Tier II Emerging

Small Business with the City of Omaha and a Registered

Apprenticeship Sponsor with the U.S. Department of Labor. The

team at Boss Electric handles multiple areas of expertise

which range from new construction to remodeling, build outs

and commercial projects. As the owner, Kaup has brought a

unique aspect to the company with her background as a

pharmaceutical representative. This sales and marketing

background has allowed Boss Electric to market and sell their

brand of electrical contracting in a fresh way to commercial,

residential and government customers. The Army and Air

National Guard, VA Hospital, and GSA contracts are just a few

of the government contracts that Boss Electric has been

awarded.

Lisa Wolford

Lisa Wolford was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for June 2012. She is the founder and current CEO

of CSSS.NET which was founded in 1997. CSSS.NET is certified

with the SBA as an 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(m)

Woman Owned Small Business and a Service Disabled Veteran

Owned Business. The company specializes in providing high

quality IT services and solutions to federal, state, and

commercial customers. As CEO, Wolford has played a vital role

in improving the overall company by steering the company

firmly and fully into the federal marketplace, contracting

with U.S. Strategic Command, (USSTRATCOM), Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration. CSSS.NET was named 2011

SBA Nebraska Veteran Services Champion of the Year, 2010

Vetrepreneur of the Year (NaVOBA) for exceptional Government

service, won the Nunn-Perry Award in 2009 in recognition of

CSSS.NET's work in GIS.

Danielle Zoz

Danielle Zoz was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for July, 2012. She took the position of CEO of the

GovDirect organization, and she is part owner of both

GovDirect and Bizco Technologies. GovDirect is a Woman Owned

Business, is

HUBZone Certified, and located in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska.

GovDirect's focus is to provide superior consulting, services

and product procurement to the federal, state and local

government markets as well as education customers. Zoz and

her team pride themselves on assisting customers with

building the right technology solutions and delivering

them on time and within budget.

Lee Pankowski

Lee Pankowski was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for August 2012. She started LP Custodial & Supply

LLC in July 2005, with only two employees. She began to build

a client list by knocking on doors, chasing down leads, and

contacting people she knew. Her company is certified as an

SBA 8(a) Business and SBA Small Disadvantaged Business. Some

of her past and current contracts have been with the US

Customs Office at Eppley, LAX Air Traffic Control Tower, the

10 Omaha Public Libraries, Union Pacific in Nebraska and

Kansas, and the Omaha Fire and Police Training Center. LP

Custodial & Supply takes pride in what they do; helping

businesses grow by impressing clients with a sanitary

environment and keeping employees work space clean and

healthy. Their goal is to maintain an environment where a

business can focus on their growth.

Tracie Malesa

Tracie Malesa was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for September 2012. Du-Rite Electric was founded in

1958 by Tracie's maternal grandparents, Roger and Marlene

Charbonneau. The company has been in its Elkhorn, Nebraska

location since 1977. After helping the company out on an

occasional basis over the years, Tracie formally joined Du-

Rite in December of 2005 as an owner and Vice-President.

Trade's partners in Du-Rite include her mother, Valerie

Malesa, and her father, Edward Malesa. Du-Rite is registered

as a Tier 2 company with the City of Omaha, and has obtained

a Woman Owned Small Business certification. Du-Rite Electric

is licensed in Nebraska and Iowa and has proudly served local

metropolitan homeowners, builders and contractors for their

residential and commercial electrical needs. Du-Rite prides

itself on providing quality products and services for fair

and competitive prices.

Connie Martin

Connie Martin was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for October 2012. She started SpecPro, Inc. with

two employees and an idea of providing exemplary maintenance,

repair and replacement services to owners of commercial

skylights and windows. With their expertise and experience,

SpecPro, Inc. currently offers services across the country

with the majority of services offered in 12 Midwestern

states. SpecPro, Inc. is now the largest maintenance and

repair company specializing in composite commercial

translucent skylights in the United States. SpecPro, Inc. is

certified as a Woman-Owned Small Business.

Tina Diaz-Ciechomski

Tina Diaz-Ciechomski was recognized as the Women in

Business Spotlight for November 2012. Since a young girl, she

has always wanted to own her own business; due to

circumstances, she had to give up that dream to raise her two

young boys as a single mom. She eventually started Future

Construction Specialties in June of 2000, with only one

employee. Now Tina has thirteen employees including

subcontractors. Future Construction Specialties is a City of

Omaha Tier H Small Emerging and Hispanic Woman Owned

Business.

The company offers complete home improvement and remodeling

to Omaha and surrounding areas. They are a full-service

contractor specializing in concrete work, masonry, siding and

roofing. They also offer flooring and tile installation,

drywall and painting, framing, finishing and much more. Diaz-

Ciechomski believes that giving customers the best skilled

craftsmanship shows the type of pride they take into their

work.

Jennifer Maassen

Jennifer Maassen was recognized as the Women in Business

Spotlight for the month of December 2012. She is the current

CEO of McCallie Associates Incorporated which was founded in

1982. McCallie is a woman-owned and managed small business

certified by the National Women Business Owners Corporation.

The McCallie team delivers high quality contract mission and

systems support for the Department of Defense and Public

Health customers. As CEO, Maassen has played a vital role in

improving the overall company. Since then, McCallie has been

recognized as one of the Top 500 Woman Owned Businesses in

the United States, and in 2011, Maassen was honored as the

Bellevue Business Woman of the Year by the Bellevue Chamber

of Commerce for her ``unwavering commitment, leadership and

dedication to the Bellevue-Offutt Community.'' McCallie was

also the State of Nebraska nominee for the Secretary of

Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, and in 2012, McCallie

received the Bronze Award of Merit for Business Integrity

from the Better Business Bureau.

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize--Outlook Nebraska, Incorporated--an organization that I've had the pleasure of visiting and seeing firsthand the positive impact they have in the lives of so many. This organization is part of the AbilityOne Program, which enables more than 50,000 Americans and 3,300 wounded warriors nationwide, who are blinded or severely disabled, to work and provide products and services to federal and commercial customers.

Today in America, seventy percent of blind and visually impaired working-aged adults are not employed. Opportunities provided by Outlook Nebraska and the AbilityOne Program have played an important role in bringing people with disabilities into the workforce. As one of Outlook's employees said to me, ``They looked at me for my abilities-- not my disability.''

The AbilityOne Program affords Americans who are blind or disabled the opportunity to acquire job skills and training, receive good wages and benefits, and gain greater independence and a better quality of life. I applaud Outlook Nebraska and the work it does each day to open doors of opportunity for Americans who are blind or disabled.

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize--Outlook Nebraska, Incorporated--an organization that I've had the pleasure of visiting and seeing firsthand the positive impact they have in the lives of so many. This organization is part of the AbilityOne Program, which enables more than 50,000 Americans and 3,300 wounded warriors nationwide, who are blinded or severely disabled, to work and provide products and services to federal and commercial customers.

Today in America, seventy percent of blind and visually impaired working-aged adults are not employed. Opportunities provided by Outlook Nebraska and the AbilityOne Program have played an important role in bringing people with disabilities into the workforce. As one of Outlook's employees said to me, ``They looked at me for my abilities-- not my disability.''

The AbilityOne Program affords Americans who are blind or disabled the opportunity to acquire job skills and training, receive good wages and benefits, and gain greater independence and a better quality of life. I applaud Outlook Nebraska and the work it does each day to open doors of opportunity for Americans who are blind or disabled.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor veterans of the Korean Constabulary for their outstanding sacrifice and service during the hard years leading up to the establishment of the Republic of Korea.

The Korean Constabulary was originally established in 1946 in order to provide support to Korean National Police during the unification and independence of South Korea. They would eventually serve as the Republic of Korea Army in 1948.

During the years of 1946 and 1948, the Korean Constabulary undertook internal security tasks on behalf of the United States Military Government in Korea and the people of South Korea, defending their fledging country against internal unrest.

The Korean Constabulary believe they have been treated unfairly due to their exclusion from benefits offered under the Republic of Korea's Military Pension Act. They have not been granted pension, financial aid for healthcare or military awards for their years of distinguished service because their years of service before 1950 are unaccounted for because the Constabulary was under the jurisdiction of the Department of National Defense during the years of 1946 and 1948.

The Korean Constabulary would like to be honored by the Republic of Korea for their heroic service during such an unstable time in the country's history.

Today, I honor all of the Veterans of the Korean Constabulary and commend them for their bravery and support to the United States Military Government in Korea.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the city of Ralston, Nebraska, for its 100-year anniversary.

Ralston is a city with a population of roughly 6,000 people, all of which are extremely hard working and are some of the friendliest people you will meet. It provides its residents with a small town atmosphere inside of Nebraska's largest city.

Ralston was founded in June 1912 with a population of about 200 people. The population continued to grow until March 23, 1913, when a devastating tornado destroyed much of the town. The residents banned together and decided to rebuild a better, more beautiful city.

The city of Ralston is recognized across the State as being a great place to raise a family. The city plays host to family friendly functions throughout the year and works to promote a safe place for families to reside. Ralston has been ranked as one of the top cities to relocate to in America and one of the most secure places to live in America by national Web sites.

Living an active lifestyle is highly valued by the people of Ralston. There are many citywide events scheduled each month to provide citizens with opportunities to get involved in the community. Ralston has many beautiful parks, campgrounds, and a water and ride park.

The city of Ralston also makes a significant contribution to Nebraska's economy. Members of the Ralston Area Chamber of Commerce work to enhance the city's economy by creating jobs and encouraging the location of new businesses into the community.

Ralston has made meaningful contributions to the State of Nebraska and has been an excellent place for its residents to call home for the last 100 years. I would like to extend my congratulations to the city for a successful century and wish the community many more years of continued success.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Eastern Nebraska Veterans' Home on its fifth anniversary.

The facility and its dedicated staff have successfully provided care to 117 members during this time in the areas of assisted living, intermediate care, skilled care and Alzheimer's care. The facility is specifically designed to meet the different mobility needs of each of its members.

The ENVH stands as a testament to Nebraska's commitment to our veterans by providing them with a state of the art facility and the services that they deserve.

I also want to point out that this facility is a result of the public and private sectors working together to meet the needs of our Nation's heroes. Multiple agencies at all levels of government worked together on this project to better the lives of these individuals.

The Eastern Nebraska Veterans' Home has provided quality care for our veterans and their dependents for five years and I wish them many more years as they continue to serve our veterans and their families.

Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act is just the opposite--unaffordable. It's chock-full of new taxes, increased government spending, and provisions that are going to make health care more expensive. CBO found that this new law's insurance mandates will raise premiums on the individual market by an additional $2,100 per person. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that individual premiums have already, because of this, gone up 8 percent for families and 9 percent for individuals. And this law isn't even fully implemented yet.

To add insult to injury, there's 159 new boards, offices, and panels--like IPAB--that give unelected bureaucrats the authority to ration health care. It raises taxes by $670 billion on middle class families and employers. At a time when we have Federal deficits and prolonged unemployment, it increases total Federal Government health spending by about $478 billion from 2014 to 2021.

I have voted to repeal this 30 times, and I will keep doing it until we get it right.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support Chairman Tim Walberg as an original co-sponsor of H.R. 5969 and H.R. 5970. These two pieces of legislation reaffirm the importance of maintaining access to quality, affordable, in-home companionship care.

Last year when the Department of Labor first proposed a rule to change the in home companionship care exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act, I introduced a preemptive piece of legislation, H.R. 3066, that sought to clarify some issues the Secretary of Labor is seeking to change through regulation.

The Secretary, not surprisingly, did not listen. Her department continues to run roughshod over the will of Members of Congress and what is best for patients that rely on this important service.

When testifying before a Senate panel earlier this Congress, the Secretary admitted that her agency had not consulted with State Medicaid officials on how the proposed regulation would impact them. Independent economic analysis has proven that this regulation will end up driving more people into having to use Medicaid to utilize nursing home care and further exacerbate that budgetary crisis many states are in.

H.R. 5969 preserves the companionship services exemption by clarifying what these services entail and who specifically the third party employers in this space are. H.R. 5970 reaffirms that the Secretary of Labor shall not finalize her proposed rule, titled ``Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service.'' I hope she chooses to listen and reevaluate.

I have an amendment at the desk.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

My amendment is a rather simple one and I hope all of my colleagues can support it.

Many of us remember the devastation brought on by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But even more folks outside of the gulf region remember the meteoric rise in gas prices and the threat of having no gas at all. When supplies are interrupted, it's critical to restore fuel for consumers as soon as possible. We continue to operate in an environment in which the fuel required in one market may not satisfy the requirement set by the EPA in another market, i.e., the fuel in Chicago may be different from the fuel in St. Louis, especially in the summertime.

If supplies of fuel are disrupted, whether from a national emergency or from a simple equipment failure, the consumers can be affected in a very significant and adverse way. When gas stations run out of gas, our constituents suffer. When suppliers run short of fuel and the market drives up prices, the constituents suffer. Not every supply disruption is covered in the existing statute. But every supply disruption can hurt our consumers. That is what this amendment is doing: Ensuring that the Administrator has the authority to serve the best interests of our constituents--our consumers--when fuel prices are affected.

Further, asking these consumers to wait a prolonged period of time before issuing a ruling that could restore supplies to their market is unacceptable. Time is of the essence when we are trying to avert these fuel shortages and price spikes. It's important that the decisions regarding the economic welfare of our constituents are made in a timely manner.

The underlying bill that we have here before us is about doing what we can to keep the prices as low as we can. This amendment would broaden the times where EPA can grant a waiver to an area to use whatever fuel they have on hand when there is a disruption. Right now, the authority only exists for natural disasters and other larger emergencies. Not all disruptions are covered. This amendment expands upon the waiver to include any disruption. Because we have refineries closing in the Northeast and we have a limited ability to move product due to Jones Act requirements, we need to ensure that any region is never in a position of doing without fuel.

The second part of my amendment calls for the EPA and DOE to conduct the Fuel Harmonization Study that EPACT 05 directed them to complete by June, 2008. And here we are in 2012 and we don't have the study. It simply tells them to get on it. We want the Harmonization Study completed.

I reserve the balance of my time.

I appreciate the gentleman's remarks, but it's really not as draconian a measure as it may appear from his comments. When a waiver is requested, it's usually by a government entity for a region, usually with Governors, and there still has to be a disruption. If there's a disruption to the point where a government entity has to request a waiver from the oxygen requirements for the summer fuel for that particular region, that disruption is going to be well known and well documented. It won't take them more than 3 days to do it, unless they're intentionally dragging their feet.

Three days is sufficient. And if they refuse to act on that within that certain period of time, I think it's completely appropriate that they're able to keep the blend with the supply that they would have.

So this is really a simple request, a simple amendment to make sure that price spikes don't occur, that time is of the necessity.

I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.

I would just state that I think the rhetoric far exceeds the facts here. This is a simple amendment just to say when there's a disruption, instead of waiting around, when we know there's a problem, let's take care of the problem, allow the available fuel to be used so there aren't price spikes that hurt people.

And so I ask that my colleagues support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me the opportunity to express my concerns with proposals that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to impose cybersecurity private infrastructure that it deems ``critical.''

The administration wants to expand DHS's role in designating private networks as critical infrastructure for the purpose of subjecting them to regulation, but it has yet to take care of its own networks. I commend Chairman Aderholt for including language in this bill that requires executive branch agencies to get their act together and formulate expenditure plans to protect their own networks. If they can't even secure Federal networks, why in the world would we want to give them authority to regulate private sector networks?

I understand that DHS currently works with the private sector on a voluntary basis, but that should be the extent of their involvement with critical infrastructure. As a member of the Speaker's Task Force on Cybersecurity, as well as the co-chairman of the Energy and Commerce Working Group on Cybersecurity, I have the very firm opinion that DHS simply should not be allowed to regulate cyber-critical infrastructure in the private sector.

I have great respect for the chairman. I will not be offering my amendment. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on this issue, and again thank the chairman for his courtesy.

Offered By: Mr. Terry

Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short

title), insert the following:

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Madam Chair, this is to request a dollar in and a dollar out to be used in that process for the inspector general to look into the VA Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, which is a subdivision of the Office of Construction and Facilities Management of the VA. This is the organization that builds and remodels new clinics and hospitals.

What I have discovered, because of experiences in Omaha, Nebraska, regarding a proposed new facility to replace a very obsolete and decayed facility, is that the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction of the Office of Construction and Facilities Management hires the engineering firms to do what turns out to be a skeleton request for proposal or bids.

They go out and then they start adding a bunch of stuff on there, because I don't know if it's because they're afraid to put all of the stuff they want in a bid because then it will look really big and too expensive. So what happens then, because they do that, there are literally two pages of projects that are needed for veterans.

But because of their practices and procedures, I don't know if it's purposeful or just competency issues, but the reality then is because of the cost

overruns of these additions and the way that they're doing, it is perhaps increasing the price of the project by 25 percent, 50 percent, even accusations at the Orlando facility of doubling to almost a billion dollar hospital. What that does is it takes money away from future projects to complete the ones that they have miscalculated, again, either purposefully or unintentionally, but it's occurring.

What happens is they start canceling future projects or pushing them out even further. And by doing that what it means is that facilities that are decaying, need replacement, are continuing to be used, and really place the veterans' health in jeopardy. I will guarantee you that if some of these facilities are not replaced in the near future, there will be veterans who die because of the structural and infrastructure problems within these buildings.

So something has to change and an inspection and IG review has to be done to get the VA on the right course to do these in an affordable way without having to raid future funds from other projects.

So with that, Madam Chairman, I have one question, if I can ask the chairman, my friend from Texas.

I understand you're willing to accept this amendment?

I yield to the gentleman from Texas.

I appreciate that very much.

With that assurance, I yield back the balance of my time.

Offered By: Mr. Terry

Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill (before the short

title), insert the following: