and i yield to congressman gerlach for as much time as he may consume.r. gerlach: i thank the gentleman and appreciate this opportunity to join you today and thank you, mr. speaker, for this opportunity. i'm joining my colleagues from pennsylvania in recognizing coach joe paterno and the legacy he forged during more than 6 -- excuse me, 60 years at penn state university. most major college football programs measure success on what happens on a 100 yeard patch of grass on a saturday afternoon in the fall. and if you measure a career only at wins and losses, what coach paterno achieved historic. 409 times he walked off the field victorious, the most wins of any coach in division i college football. . what is the coach paterno apart was he demanded excellence from his players every day of the week. success with honor was what coach paterno expected whether his players were performing in front of 100 fans in beaver stadium or taking in a museum in the classroom. as someone who played football through youth colleague through college, i fully appreciate the sp

gerlach mr. dingell, mr. kind and i see mr. dold of illinois here. almost five decades ago, the land and water conservation fund was created on a sound and fair principle. oil companies who drill on public lands and are therefore taking a resource that belongs to all citizens of the united states should in return, out of fairness give americans the protection of land so that as they take this resource and refine it and sell it, they preserve these resources, parks, recreation, direct preservation of cultural and land resources. the bill before us today aims to increase the amount of oil and gas production in federal waters as a means to raise revenue for transportation funding. these oil fields belong to all americans. just as the revenues generated fromoff shore oil drilling must be shared with all americans a portion of those rev lieu -- revenues should be used toward conservation and preservation of public lands that belong to all of us. that has been the principle now for four decades almost five decades of the land and water conservation fund. t

black rock solor, which came out of burning man in gerlach. the school is closing down because they do not have any kids. the economy has been based on mining. there are some tourists that come through. hunters. some of our people come through and leave money in their wake. a little town like that does not know how to make money. but they have learned in certain ways. we have made significant charitable contributions. i do not want to great -- take much credit for this, but we are helping to keep them alive. the thing about our event, we do not do commercial things at the event. it spreads out the economic development to our neighbors. the piutes down the road are now doing in the in taco stands now and we know them. there was the day when we were considered scary, coming from san francisco, you know. it is much easier to break into a big city. but we are well accepted and respected because we talk straight with everyone and we have benefited everyone. >> one more question and then one final question for you. >> something my friends have talke