[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      COMMENDING MEMBERS AND STAFF OF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

  (Mr. LEWIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I would like to clarify the 
Committee's intent regarding the ``SPY-1 Solid State Radar.'' the 
Committee intends that the entire amount contained in the President's 
budget under the Sea Based Midcourse for Sea Based Solid State Radar 
development be used for the development of the S-Band SPY-1E radar.
  Mr. Speaker, I did not take the time earlier for we were about to 
pass the first appropriations bill of the year in record time. There 
was a small little train wreck that got in the way of that record time; 
and, thus, I will take a moment that I would have taken earlier to 
express my appreciation for those who made this success possible.
  Both the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) have been very, very helpful in the work of 
Committee on Appropriations this year as it deals with national 
defense. I want to take a moment to especially express my appreciation 
to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), my partner in this 
business, for we never would have been able to accomplish the level of 
bipartisan support we had in the House as demonstrated by the vote 
without his assistance.
  Beyond that, we were both blessed with very, very fine staff on both 
sides of the aisle who do a fine job. Kevin Roper on my side and Greg 
Dahlberg on the other side help lead a team of staff people who worked 
endless hours, weekends, night and day to make sure this bill is not 
just successful but that it is done in a highly professional manner, 
and for that we very much appreciate their work.

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