[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 108 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1134]
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             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

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                               speech of

                         HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 23, 2013

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2397) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes:

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chair, I'd like to use my time to say 
thank you to the House and all of the Members who participated in some 
vigorous debate, for having conducted the affairs of the House in a 
most professional way, proving to our constituents that we can work 
things out and that we can work together.
  I just want to say thank you to my colleague from Indiana Mr. 
Visclosky, who is handling the minority leadership on this bill for the 
first time. I think he deserves a lot of credit and a lot of applause 
for the good job that he did in keeping this schedule on track.
  Peter, thank you very much.
  While it seems a long time ago, it was only Monday night that we 
finally received the 100 amendments that would be filed and considered 
during the debate. We had to analyze those amendments by Tuesday--
yesterday--so that we could begin the debate on this bill. Our staff 
did an outstanding job in working late into the night Monday night 
analyzing these amendments so that we could consider where we would be 
on those amendments.
  Our staff is led by Tom McLemore as staff director and Paul Juola in 
a similar position for Mr. Visclosky. The other members of the staff 
are Becky Leggieri, Brooke Boyer, Ann Reese, Megan Rosenbusch, Tim 
Prince, Walter Hearne, B.G. Wright, Paul Terry, Maureen Holohan, 
Jennifer Miller, Adrienne Ramsay, and Sherry Young. They are a most 
professional staff and it is hard to find any better team of staff 
members than those that I just mentioned.
  Finally, I want to thank my good friend and strong supporter, the 
gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Frelinghuysen, for all his help during 
the process of managing our bill this week. His dedication to the 
subcommittee is invaluable, and I sincerely appreciate his friendship 
and his assistance in managing the bill. Similarly, I would like to 
thank the gentleman from California, Mr. Calvert, and the gentleman 
from Arkansas, Mr. Womack, for their assistance in this process. I have 
said on more than one occasion that we have a great group of members on 
our subcommittee who are dedicated to providing for the needs of our 
national security and for the men and women who wear the uniform in 
defense our freedom. The special efforts this week of the members of 
our subcommittee, and in particular the members I mentioned are clear 
proof of that.

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