denham: i reserve my close, mr. chair. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves his time to close. ms. jackson lee: does the gentleman have speakers? the chair: the gentleman from california has the right to close. ms. jackson lee: does the gentleman have any speakers besides himself? mr. denham: i'm reserving for my personal close. the chair: the gentleman is reserving to close. ms. jackson lee: he has no other speakers -- he has no other speakers but himself. the chair: the gentleman has indicated he is reserving the time for his own closing. ms. jackson lee: my friends, again, i would have hoped having worked with the gentleman from nebraska, the proponent of this legislation, that we would continue to work in a bipartisan fashion. this amendment is to relieve the burden on some of the very people many of us represent, and that is, of course, those individual claimants who happen to be in far away places that now have to go to the d.c. court of appeals and bear the burden of responsibility dealing with when you

denham. mr. denham: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: i thank the chairman for the time to express my views on h.r. 3 which will generate numerous benefits to the nation and its economic growth. this pipeline will create american jobs, enhance our energy independence and strengthen our national security. i'm proud to say i'm a co-sponsor of this legislation because it represents a significant opportunity to create jobs and spur economic growth in our country. furthermore, this bill will help the nation become more energy independent. according to the department of energy, the pipeline will transport 830,000 barrels per day of oil from canada to the gulf coast totaling nearly half of our current daily imports from the middle east. this bill makes these numerous project benefits a reality. what this boils down to is breaking through bureaucratic hurdles and making this project a priority. the southern leg of the keystone

denham -- a number of jobs were created in april. unemployment numbers dropped to 7.5%. still much too high for the u.s.. it shows the recovery is slow, but it also shows there is no \, so there is a lot of food on the table for now. we are now 1.6%, and the euro stoxx 50. the dow jones benchmark index in the u.s. already marked another high. it is up almost 1%. in the euro, we are quite stable. >> the optimists in charge all around. thank you very much. on to other news now. his job was to solve pakistan's highest profile murder case. the assassination six years ago of the former leader benazir bhutto, but this morning, gunman showered his car with bullets. >> that is right. chaudhry zulfikar died shortly after. the attackers got away, and authorities in pakistan are not speculating on the motive. >> he was driving to court when gunmen pulled up to his car and fired from at least two directions. more than a dozen bullets struck his body. there were other victims. >> his bodyguard showed great valor. he was injured. and he was prosecuting several high-profile cases in pa

homes evacuated near baton rouge, louisiana, after an oil tank ruptured and exploded in the city of denhame resulting fireball shot 30 feet into the air. a second oil tank thankfully did not explode but was bulging from the heat. so far, no injuries have been reported. >>> and a reward is being offered in the case of that missing mother from michigan who vanished while closing up the gas station where she worked. abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: overnight inch by inch police search the michigan state park for any sign of jessica heeringa, but no luck. the ground search at the park was ordered after someone reported hearing gunshots. it's been a week since heeringa vanished as she was wrapping up her late night shift at this exxon mobil gas station in norton shores. >> there's no way that she would just leave like that on her own free will. no way. that's not -- that's just not going to happen. she's not going to do that. >> reporter: police are on the hunt for this man, authorities say this suspect was seen at the gas station in a silver minivan about the time she disappeared

i hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day.signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january

denham and i both have proposition 2. i call a condominium for chickens. the fact is that voters passed on an initiative and you can go down the list and look at your own perspective state and see how your industries in those states might be impact did and how they might feel if you go on to speak and tell them, guess so we just stayed? allow you like, we determine we don't think it's applicable anymore. tear yak i can. let's be clear what we're talking about. effort and it's gone on for people from california for a long time. it seems to want to get to regulating agricultural in ways that most of the rest of the country doesn't want to do. then they view it as a protectionist measure. once it's done and the farmers in agriculture in california have to comply with it. they try to exclude product from the rest of the country coming in to california. this is not a state's right issue. it's very clearly an interstate commerce issue and for 200 years the united states supreme court has ruled that states cannot pass protectionist measures without response by th

denham: it is time to stop the delays in my home state of california, we have not only seen huge, skyrocketing gas prices but we continue to see high unemployment and rolling blackouts. i'm part of the house energy action team and it is time to make sure that we have energy independence, lower gas prices and energy prices and create american jobs. it's time to stop the delays of the keystone x.l. pipeline. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. frup does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and rhett re-my rashes. -- and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> today we are exsming the republican's latest attack on working families. they call thit american family flexibility act. but this bill would make life worse for workers, it would essentially end the 40-hour work week by permitting employers to not pay overtime to workers who peed 40 hers per week and instead allow employers to hold earned comp time in their control. mr. kildee: it would allow employers t

i hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. legislative work of 5:00. one deals with misrepresentation of military service. the other regarding shipping of weapons of mass destruction. 6:30d of votes they cannoaken t eatern. -- eastern. markup off the proposed immigration legislation. the committee continuing again on the fourth day of marking up legislation. continues, you can see live coverage on our companion network when it resumes. to go little or no impact on departure time. we've been told to cut $25 billion for something like this. minimal.d appear to be again, the markup session taking place to live right now on the companion at work. it is expected to last late i