speaker, i know why nuclear cleanup is being used by both parties as a piggy bank. i absolutely don't support those actions and i will vote against those actions. but in doing so i want to be clear that it is in the appropriations process where cleanup money becomes real. insufficient funding in the appropriation process would have real and serious consequences on cleaning up these sites. the cleanup program simply cannot sustain continued appropriation reductions without jeopardizing progress, breaking legally binding commitments to states, and increasing long-term cost to taxpayers. mr. speaker, for 15 years i have worked in a bipartisan way to raise awareness of the federal government's cleanup obligation and to remind my colleagues again that the effort at these sites help us when both world war ii and the cold war. i will continue to stand up for cleanup where needed. in doing so, i am determined that the effort to promote cleanup be a bipartisan effort. with that i thank my friend from florida for yielding. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro