the clerk, ben nicholson, jeff ashford, chris mallard, kathy, miles taylor, cornell teague and joe croshy, as well as in my personal office who worked on this bill, brian and mark. and, of course, on the minority side, stephanie, who did a tremendous job in a professional manner on the minority side. finally, i do want to thank the distinguished chairman and the ranking members of the overall appropriations committee, chairman hal rogers and ranking member norm dicks. as move as we had to make difficult choices and trade off at the subcommittee level, i know they had to make much more difficult choices as -- across all 12 subcommittees. i believe, mr. chairman, this bill reflects our best efforts to address our nation's most urgent needs for security and also to address fiscal discipline. i would urge my colleagues in the house to support this measure, and i would reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. price: i rise in support of the bill and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman