majority staff, brad allen, jared bass, robin juliano, jackie killjoy, stephen said liner, and philip to xenia. staff, susanity ross and catherine salmon. and unwanted think my personal staff, leticia medeiros, elizabeth albertine, and caitlin perugia. with that i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. chairwoman lowey: i would now like to recognize the subcommittee ranking member mr. cole. rep. cole: i want to begin by repeating some of the remarks i made last week respect to the important work that agencies we are about to discuss actually performed. before i do, i want to thank the chairman of the subcommittee for all of her hard work, and frankly for the very professional way in which she operates are subcommittee. nobody knows the accounts here better than my good friend, distinguished chairman. while we do not agree on every issue, she has been a wonderful partner to work with and i always find her to be fair, i find her to be inclusive, and i find her to be professional. it is a delight to work with her. i would be remiss if i did not thank my ranking member and of the ranking me