[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 866, 
I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 114) making continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes, and 
ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The text of House Joint Resolution 114 is as follows:

                             H.J. Res. 114

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public 
     Law 108-309 is amended by striking the date specified in 
     section 107(c) and inserting the following: ``December 3, 
     2004''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 866, the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Obey) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young).
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the legislation before us, H.J. Res. 114, which I have 
already referred to during the final discussion on the omnibus 
appropriations bill, will extend the current CR until December 3. And 
it is a straight, clean CR, strictly for the purpose of allowing the 
House and the other body to go through the administrative process of 
enrolling the legislation, of transmitting it to the President, giving 
the President some time to look at it closely before he signs the bill, 
and that is the extent of it.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, no choice. I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Speaker Hastert).
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida for 
yielding me this time.
  Times like these, after we have been through a whole session of 
Congress and with our rules that after 6 years our chairman steps down, 
the gentleman that I have been through a lot of battles with, we have 
worked together on a lot of issues, trying to make sure that we meet 
the needs of the people of this country, the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Young) has been an exemplary chairman. He has worked hard to make 
sure that all needs are met and sometimes in pretty tough situations. I 
think, by and large, he has been a person who has been able to reach 
across the aisle and work. That is a great personality plus. That is a 
great asset in this Chamber.
  I think we all just want to say a heartfelt thank you for his 
service. He is going to be around here for a while. But as he steps 
down, this is his last bill as chairman, and from the bottom of our 
hearts, we want to thank him for his work and for his service and for 
making this institution part of what it is. I thank the gentleman and 
God bless him.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  The question is on engrossment and third reading of the joint 
resolution.
  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider 
was laid on the table.

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