american jobs and strengthens our competitiveness, ensuring our transportation system remains attract to have private sector jobs. so i oppose the motion to recommit. this being my last wrda bill that i'll ever be able to shepherd through the house, i'm proud to be here. hopefully we're going to have a conference report in the near future, to be able to pass that on the house floor. but i can tell you, i'm very, very proud of my term as chairman and one of the accomplishments i'm most proud of is getting wrda back on regular order. every corn authorizing these important programs so that the corps can move forward and the american people can benefit by these programs. again, i want to first off thank my democratic colleagues and the democratic staff on the other side of the aisle for their work, working together closely on this bill. and of course i couldn't get this done without my staff, dedicated staff, who have worked so tirelessly new york city only on this bill, but over -- tirelessly, not own on this bill but other the years -- but over the years. i thank them from the bottom of my heart. a personal order i'd like to take is that last -- in 2016 when we passed the wrda bill, september 28, 2016, i woke up