the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 226 and the nays are 196. the previous question is ordered. the question is adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of epresentatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 229 and the nays are 190. the resolution is adopted. wowed -- without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to house resolution 470 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for

further consideration of h.r. 3590. will the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 3590 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose tuesday, february 4, 2014, amendment number 11 printed in house the t 113-339 offered by gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 113-339 on which

further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment number 6 by mr. defazio of oregon, amendment number 10 by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in house report 113-339 by the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the no, sir prevailed by -- the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in house report 113-339 offered by mr. defazio of oregon. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote.

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 185 and the nays are 237. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 10 printed in the house report 113-339 by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed in house report 113-339 offered by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device.

this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 181 and the nays are 242. the amendment is not adopted. there being no further amendments, under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: madam

chairwoman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 3590 and pursuant to house resolution 370, i report the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 3590 and pursuant to house resolution 470 reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule, the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the chair will put them engross. the question is on adoption of the amendments. those in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendments are adopted. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, shooting and for other purposes. >> mr. speaker. i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. he house will come to order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members, please take your seats. he house will be in order.

for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill. >> in its current form, yes i am. the clerk: mr. ma lonnie of new york moves to recommit the bill to committee on natural resources with the following amendment. page 3, after line 24, insert the following, section 103, protecting water supply for public reek creation and safe drink ink. section 4 of the toxic control substances 26 you is cr is amended by amending the following, h, protecting water supply for public recreation and safe drink ink not later than one year of the --

mrs. maloney: i ask unanimous consent that the reading be suspended. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. maloney: this will not kill the bill. mr. speaker, i agree with many of those on the other side about much of the underlying bill. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. maloney: i agree with much of the underlying thrust of this bill. let's open our public lands to recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, make it easier to maintain public shooting ranges. no argument from me.

but we can and should make this bill better and my amendment will do just that. preserving our public lands, our common spaces, also means investing in the critical infrastructure that allows us to bring our families there safely. that's why the bipartisan safe bridges act should be in this bill to ensure that our nation's highways and bridges are safe. the biggest admission with this bill is the failure to protect our citizens from toxic spills that would threaten our water supplies. a few weeks ago, we all woke up to learn that 300,000 people in west virginia couldn't drink their water. a mother trying to put their child in the bathtub couldn't turn on the faucet. a father mixing baby formula for an infant couldn't trust what came out of the tap. for more than a week, hundreds

were hospitalized. because businesses had to lock their doors, even people making $7.25 inadequate federal minimum wage couldn't go to work because the businesses were shut and couldn't provide for their families. schools shut down, anxious, worried parents by the thousands lined up every day for national guard troops to supply them with safe water. this happened right here in america, not in some foreign country. and it happened for a reason. it happened because one greedy operator thought it made sense to store toxic chemicals in a tank he didn't inspect right next to the water supply. you can't tell me that the free market took care of that problem. tell that to the hundreds of thousands of people of west virginia who can't drink their water. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members, please take their

conversations off the floor. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. maloney: my amendment ensures companies making chemicals with the potential to contaminate water supplies are simply required to report the hazards of these chemicals. it's pretty simple. in my neck of the woods in new york city, the watershed delivers approximately 1.4 gallons of water from my district down to new york city, supplying nine million people every day with water. if this spill on the elk river had happened on the hudson river, we would be talking about a different problem. it would affect millions and millions of people. have we lost so much faith in ourselves acting together that we can't protect the american people from toxic spills. if we are protecting a mom

trying to give baby formula to their child, what are we doing here? again, i join many of you in supporting the underlying emphasis of this bill. let's get government out of the way for our hunters and andlers and sportsmen. a dad should be able to experience marksmanship with their sons and daughters. if government needs to get out of the way at times, then surely it must protect us at times from those who would destroy these treasures for profit. it was teddy roosevelt after all who said, here is your country, cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, romance as a say credit heritage. do not let greedy men trap this country. if we want to protect the

natural beauty of our country it starts with protecting as fundamental as our water. mr. speaker, if we don't do this, we do nothing. and if those on the other side will not use this gavel in this house to protect the american people then some of us would like to borrow it for a while, because we will. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. for what purpose does. mr. hastings: i rise to claim time in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i probably said this before but i will say it again, here we go again. the bill underlying bill before us is a bipartisan bill, has

bipartisan sponsors of the supportsmen caucus. to allow access the our public lands for people to enjoy hunting and fishing. that's what the underlying bill is. during the debate yesterday on amendments we adopted some three or four democrat amendments because they added to the bill. this is a bipartisan bill. what happens on a motion to recommit? here we go again, the essence of this motion to recommit would be to broadly expand the powers of the environmental protection agency. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the n.t.r. and vote yes on the underlying bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it and the motion is not agreed to.

mr. maloney: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9, rule 20, this five-minute vote on the motion to recommit, will be followed by five-minute vote on passage of the bill, if ordered. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 187 and the nays are 231 and the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 268. the nays are 154. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 3964. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 472 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 3964. the chair appoints the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, to preside over the committee f the whole.

the house will come to order. he house will come to order. he house will be in order. members are suggest -- suggested to members they take their conversations off the floor. the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 3964 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to address certain water-related concerns

in the sacramento-san joaquin valley and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentlewoman from california, mrs. napolitano, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, the committee is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. he committee will be in order. members are to remove their conversations off the floor. he committee will be in order. the gentleman from washington is recognized.

mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, the house today is considering h.r. 3964, the sacramento-san joaquin valley emergency water delivery act. like california, my central washington district is heavily dependent on irgaited water to support our local economy and agriculture industry. i understand the importance of having a stable, reliable water supply, and i also understand the economic devastation that is caused when the water supply is shut off, particularly when the shutoff is avoidable. california is facing an emergency situation. for years san joaquin valley farmers have been fighting against federal regulations and environmental lawsuits that have diverted water supplies in order to help a three-inch fish. in 2009, there was a deliberate diversion of over 300 billion, that's billion, mr. chairman, gallons of water away from

farmers. as a result, thousands of farm workers lost their jobs, unemployment in some areas reached 40% and thousands of acres of fertile farmland simply dried up. as chairman of the house natural resources committee, i've traveled to fresno, california, and seen the effects of natural and man-made drought firsthand. we've held multiple hearings and heard the pleas of communities that simply want the water turned back on and their livelihood restored. we've seen farmers, mr. chairman, who normally help feed the nation being sent to wait in line at food banks, and in some cases being served carrots that are normally combrone in this area that are from -- grown in this area that are from china. that's why last congress the house of representatives passed bipartisan legislation to restore the flow of water to avoid future droughts. in fact, the senate did not take up a single water bill in

this last congress even after we passed our legislation. so once again, we're back here on the floor of the house with legislation to help california communities once again facing water shutoff, but now, mr. chairman, the situation is much more dire. the lack of rainfall has exacerbated the man-made drought and last month the california governor declared a state of emergency. a man-made drought, coupled with a natural drought, equals disaster and requires immediate action. of course these conditions could have been partially avoided if only the senate had acted on the house-passed legislation last year. this comprehensive solution before us today, almost eye kentcal to what the house -- identical to what the house passed last congress, would restore some water deliveries that would be cut off by federal regulations and environmental lawsuits. ensure water resources for

people and fish and ending unnecessary dubious government projects. mr. speaker, i want to stress that this crisis does not just impact california, but it has a rippling affect across the entire nation. california's san joaquin valley is the salad bowl for the world and provides a significant share of the fruits and vegetables for our country. food grows where water flows. when there is no water our food supply suffers, resulting in higher food prizes across the country -- prices across the country and increased reliance on foreign food sources. this legislation is a chance to right the regulatory wrongs of the past and protect the jobs and economic livelihoods of farm families and their workers. the people of the san joaquin valley cannot wait any longer, mr. chairman, for congress to act. as the title of this bill suggests, it is truly an emergency for many and time is

running out. i sincerely hope that unlike the last congress our senate colleagues will take up this bill or propose a meaningful alternative to it. then we can come together and figure out where we disagree and agree on a final package. these communities feasing massive unemployment deserve -- facing massive unemployment deserve nothing less. this bill is supported by the entire california delegation, and i commend my colleagues from california for their hard work in getting this bill to the floor today. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman from washington reserves his time. the gentlelady from california is recognized. mrs. napolitano: thank you, mr. chairman, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlelady from california is recognized for as much time as she wishes. mrs. napolitano: thank you, mr. chairman. and i would invite my colleague -- able to move this we're handling drought. 98% of california, shown by this map, is in drought. we are entering the third year

of drought. the driest on record in california. this bill, 3964, the sacramento-san joaquin valley emergency water delivery targets central california only, central valley, and was introduced one week ago with no hearing, no markup, nothing. it was introduced by republican california colleagues and no cooperation with the rest of california members who are facing similar drought impacts. it's similar in 1837 from 2011 and died in the senate, as was pointed out. according to the california department of resources, the snowpack in the sierras, the largest reservoir in the central valley system was 6% normal. the drought monitor found that 90% of the state is experiencing moderate to severe drought. so cry in california that the last -- first 18 days of january, the state saw 289