[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              COMMENDING STAFF OF COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

  (Mr. NUSSLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. NUSSLE. Madam Speaker, I rise to thank the Members who supported 
the conference report first of all, but most especially I would like to 
thank the staff of the Committee on the Budget, both majority and 
minority, Rich Meade and Jim Bates from the majority side, Tom Kahn 
from the minority side, and others who worked so hard to get us to this 
point. It is a huge task, a huge undertaking to put all of this 
together in the time that is allotted. Both sides deserve a lot of 
credit for the work that they do.
  Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. NUSSLE. I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina.
  Mr. SPRATT. I simply want to underscore what my counterpart, the 
chairman of the committee, is saying. We do the talking; our staffs do 
the arduous analytical work and all the document preparation, working 
long, long hours to meet this peak-period requirement. They do an 
enormous job and do an excellent job as well on both sides. I think 
this commendation of the staff on both sides of the aisle is entirely 
appropriate and well in order. I thank the gentleman very much for 
doing so.
  Mr. NUSSLE. I thank the gentleman.

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