Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

Floor Speech

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Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Chairwoman, I rise only to say thank you to the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Frelinghuysen, who has been in this seat now for 38 days it seems like, but the entire time of this bill. He has not taken a break for any reason during the entire consideration of these dozens of amendments and general debate.

I want to thank the chairman for doing a great job during this debate, but also in drafting the bill, along with his colleague, Marcy Kaptur, the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee. So, Mr. Chairman, we thank you for a job well done and thank you for persevering through all of this.

Also, I want to say a word of thanks to the staff, who deserve so much credit for the work that has been before the body for the last 2 days. Rob Blair, the clerk of the subcommittee, and all of the staff on both sides of the aisle have worked long and hard to bring this bill to the floor and to transpose it to the population of the House. So we thank you for a great job well done.

As we near the end of the deliberation on the amendments and finally vote on the bill, I want to urge everyone to vote for this bill. This is a good bill. It cuts spending, it does the Nation's business, and it's fair and transparent.

I urge adoption of the bill and yield back the balance of my time.

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