mr. langevin: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to offer a simple amendment to direct the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs to increase individual grant amounts issued through the spinal cord injury research program. i'd like to begin, of course, by thanking chairman frelinghuysen as well as ranking member visclosky for their work on the underlying bill and for their continued commitment to funding spinal cord injury research programs. as someone who has as someone who suffered a spinal cord injury at the age of 16, this research is important to service members and civilians who suffer from various forms of paralysis and other conditions related to spinal cord injury. they simply want to know if they will ever again be able to move, to be able to walk or even be able to breathe on their own. and i'm thrilled to say that we are beginning to see meaningful answers in a positive way to these questions. research into spinal cord injuries is producing right now a wealth of groundbreaking discoveries that are makin

mr. chairman the amendment i'm offering today with my good friends congressman langevin, congressman prees, and congressman quigley will increase funding for f.t.a. training back to 2014 levels. individuals with disabilities and older adults disproportionately rely on peculiar transit to live, to learn, and work and access recreation in their communities. there's a complex and ever-evolving need to adapt our transit systems and services so they are more accessible for people with disabilities and older adults who rely on them. f.t.a., mr. chairman, has a -- has a long history of working with easter seals and the national association of area agencies on aging and others to provide training and technical assistance and other problem solving support to the transit industry. people with disabilities and older adults. and it is imperative for this work to continue as more people age and more people with disabilities seek to live as independently as possible. mr. latham: we accept the amendment. mr. butterfield: thank you, mr. latham. thank you very much. the chair: does the gentleman yield back