tied at the top of the ninth, the gamecocks hit their final run. at the bottom of the 11th inning and secured their win. although the team had sustained a first-round loss in the college world series, they went on to win six consecutive games and secure their first national title. for head coach ray tanner it was his 14th season with the university of south carolina and his fourth as the college -- and his fourth at the college world series. during his season, coach tanner recorded his 1,000th win of his career and became the 44th division i coach to reach this milestone. he was named 2010 national coach of the year by collegiate baseball and we congratulate coach tanner on his impressive record. the entire gamecocks' lineup demonstrated excellence this is i'd like to especially recognize whit merrifield. over 40,000 fans greeted the gamecocks at their victory parade in south carolina and we join them in their celebration. madam speaker, once again, i express my support for house resolution 1491 and congratulate the university of south carolina gam

it capped a two-game sweep of ucla for south carolina and helped the gamecocks to capture their first-ever college world series title. the coach called his hit, quote, the biggest hit of his career." maryfield, who is the son of one in north carolina, played on the north carolina all-star select team. hit .400 his senior year and .464 hiss+ junior year. his family, friends and the people of davey county, north carolina, are proud to call him their own. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: flops the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cogsa: thank you very much, mr. speaker. this month the department of interior and california department of water resources announced an increase in water alocation -- allocation. our efforts for more water is producing results and is already flowing. our fight for valley jobs and the economy is far from over. regulations restricting the water flow must be revised. i'm pleased the administration

h.r. 1491, congratulating the university of south carolina, the gamecocks, for winning the 2010 ncaa college world series. h.res. 1462, supporting the goals and ideals of railroad retirement day. now, these things may be nice to do and nice to those who receive these kind of accolades, but it's not the important business of this house. and so to say that we don't have time to actually debate amendments to these appropriation bills and the one that we are dealing with today, many amendments were submitted by members were turned away, were not allowed in this structured rule. another thing we dealt with, the goals -- supporting the goals of national dairy month. now, how in the world is that more important than allowing members to strike funding from appropriation bills? i need not remind this chamber that 42 cents of every dollar that we spend this year, 42 cents of every dollar we spend this year will be borrowed from our kids, from our grandkids, from whomever overseas who buys our bonds. and yet we can't allow time to let members offer amendments to strike spending from these bills