particularly its leaders, including chairs robert aderholt, john culberson of texas, aderholt of alabama, kay granger of texas, mike simpson of idaho, tom graves, who's done a masterful job this afternoon of georgia, judge carter of texas, ken calvert of california, tom cole of oklahoma, kevin yoder of kansas, and charlie dent of pennsylvania, hal rogers of kentucky, and mario diaz-balart of florida. on the democratic side i want to thank ranking members anford bishop, jose serrano, pete visclosky of indiana, mike quigley of illinois, ms. roybal-allard of california, rosa delauro of connecticut, tim ryan of ohio, debbie wasserman schultz of florida, and david price of north carolina and their surrogates and, of course, i particularly want to thank the ranking member of the full committee, mrs. nita lowey of new york, for her dedication and friendship in getting our work done on time. i must also thank our incredibly hardworking staff, mr. chairman, led by nancy fox, , maureen irector, our deputy staff director and chris bigalow on the democratic side. thank you, all, and to those staffs who've assemb