mr. chairman , i yield myself 30 seconds . 
just to punctuate what the gentleman from ohio and the gentlewoman from connecticut said , we believe in local control ; and we want to be partners with these communities in solving problems . 
we disagreed with the president in his budget with the changes that were made to the community development block grant ; so we made that value judgment and change in this budget . 
we are supporting our mayors . 
we are supporting our communities . 
we want to be good partners , and we believe in local control in solving those problems . 
the big federal government can not solve all these problems that these local folks are dealing with . 
we want to give them the opportunity to do that . 
mr. chairman , i yield 1 minute to the gentleman from texas ( mr. delay ) xz4001040 , majority leader . 
