we have not heard in some time from ms. olsen, so we are especially eager to hear from her. as a matter of house keeping, i will be following the five minute rules for that members. i do not plan on cutting anyone off in the middle of their sentence, but if everyone could keep their questions and comments for when we get to that part of the program, that will give us a chance to hear from everyone and have maybe more than one round of questions. i am going to recognize the members in order of seniority. those that were here and the latecomers, we will recognize them based on their arrival. we will go back and forth between the parties. i think most of you know that the 2014 appropriation cycle tested our endurance. it was only after the fiscal year started and after we had a government shutdown that the budget committee came to an agreement on the discretionary spending. once we have that agreement enacted, we will do our sleeves and we went to work quickly and got a bipartisan on this appropriation bill. it is and thanks in no small part to our distinguished chairman, mr. r