ms. holmes norton's words here were very thoughtful and certainly were good to me. i don't believe that she or any of us are prescient and what the senate is going to do or what you all are likely to do when december 15 rolls around. i will make a prediction for you that this measure will go over to the senate either tomorrow or whatever day you all vote on it and it will come back next week without the scalise self executed language. and then we will likely cobble together whatever it takes to get it to december the 15th and then we will be around here december the 15th talking about being here until christmas the way we have done so many years foolishly in my judgment. but that said i hope that chairman roger's prediction or his desire and ms. lowly's desire to finish the appropriations process accordingly is done and in addition that they are able to get an omnibus provision so that we don't have too continued to postpone what all of us know are extremely difficult and complex issues. but i thought ms. norton will was the least deserving of having the measure and

ms. holmes norton. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i very much appreciate your words. >> yes, ma'am. if you could please come you have a very soft voice -- >> i can speak louder. >> as long as others can hear it and i would suggest i'm okay, too. thank you. >> i appreciate you letting me know whether you get me. mr. chairman, only the most extraordinary circumstances would lead me to come forward and asked for anonymity the congressional resolution. i've been in congress a long time and i understand why there are clean crs. i also appreciate that you're trying your best to keep the government open. i think the fact that this c.r. goes to december 15 illustrates that, and i've watched what the leadership has been doing to try to keep the government open. so i'm not here because i believe the government is going to close down. i am your to talk to you this evening about how the very posture that the bill is in no, even assuming that this c.r. passes, if my name is not included there will be costs, unintended costs to the district govern