i want to thank the gentleman, i want to say neal bradley did an excellent job working with john hughes and my staff and the financial services staff, mr. frank, miss mccarthy, mr. miller. ought to do more of and we passed a bill which, as you know, she supported unanimously because we believe it does in enact in the international mark place. so i want to thank the gentleman for his work on that and thank mr. bradley and mr. hughes for their work on that and hopefully the senate will act on that with dispatch. and unless the gentleman wants to say anything further, i'll yield back. >> mr. speaker, i just jond the gentleman in thanking both our staffs. they did tremendous work as well as mr. miller on the financial services committee and the staff there. your office can be instrumental in helping move the senate along. everyone from the chief of staff on down, your office, we want to thank you as well for your team's commitment to working in a very -- again, a very difficult equation where there were a lot of differences that we tried to work through but at the end didn't want to unilate

i mentioned neal bradley before.for working with democrats to find common ground and reach an agreement that is supported by both business and labor. democrats and republicans. also want to commend ranking member barney frank of the financial services committee and carolyn mccarthy who's done such an extraordinary effort on this effort as well. she chairs -- she's the ranking member, mr. miller chairs the international monetary policy subcommittee, their hard work has been important to make sure this agreement will help american businesses save and create jobs. i also want to thank representative rick larsen for his tireless add vow calcy for -- advocacy for his long-term re-authorization of the bank. in addition i would be remiss if i did not mention my dear and good friend who chairs -- who is the ranking democrat on the appropriations committee, but who has been an extraordinary leader on making sure that america creates jobs and exports products around the world, mr. norman dicks, congressman dicks from washingto