renosa to el paso. folks this isn't stuff we haven't done before. there is a system by which we approve pipelines. and especially the ones that -- so my point is this is not new. and we do it for the public interest and the public good to make sure that we have a free flow of oil and refined products. environmentally safe. can you imagine if all that product was moving by truck? or by train? this is such a ridiculous debate that i'm -- i -- it's just furious at we don't understand how much product flows by pipeline today and the environmental benefits of that but here we're demagoguing one pipeline to make it more energy secure and i think my friend from texas mr. green would like some time. >> would the gentleman yield? >> i would. >> taking advantage of your map, i want to show members why i'm concerned about the legislation. but this amendment is a bad amendment to a bad bill. if you look at central part of the united states where texas is at, so many of the pipelines are there. we have existing law already on the national basis. we have ferc tha