mr. babin: i have an amendment at the desk. choi the clerk will designate -- the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 58 offered by mr. babin of texas. the chair: pursuant to resolution 500, the gentleman from texas, mr. babin and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. babin: my amendment would delay the implementation and enforcement of the electronic logging device mandate surntly set to go into effect this december 18 until the end of the next fiscal year, september 30, 2018. but while this amendment is certainly about trucking, truckers and the businesses and jobs that depend on them, i think it speaks to something more. something that all of us who have the privilege of serving here in the people's house are absolutely here to do. reducing the regulatory burden put in motion by previous administrations is one of our most important jobs here in congress. to encourage entrepreneurship and to cr

speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. babin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. babin: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, chairman frelinghuysen. i really appreciate that. i'd like to echo what everyone has said, especially my colleagues, mr. green and others who are from texas who mentioned how we pulled together. i want to rise in strong support of this disaster relief bill for those that have been impacted by this terrible storm. my district is in texas 36, and it was totally devastated. all nine counties have been declared federal disaster areas. the entire district was underwater. a vast lake from houston over to the louisiana border, the devastation is truly heartbreaking. i've traveled to each county and assisted in the recovery efforts and i met with the victims. this bill provides desperately needed resources and help our fellow americans put their lives back together again and rovides a hand-up, not a hand-out. in the midst of this devastation, the entire world is s

the chair: when the committee rose earlier the amendment has been disposed, by mr. babin. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. carter: mr. chairman, pursuant to section 3 of h.res. 500, as the designee of chairman frelinghuysen, i rise to offer n bloc number 3 as part of the consideration of the division e of h.r. 3354. list of amendments included in the en bloc is at the desk and has been agreed to by both sides. the clerk: en bloc, number 61, 2, 65, 67, 68, 69, 7 the are are 2, 73, 82, 86 and 89 printed in part b of house report offered by mr. carter of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. carter and the gentlewoman from california, ms. roybal-allard, each will control 20 minutes. mr. carter: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. roybal-allard: i yield one minute to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. keating. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. keating: i thank the gentlelady from california and i also want to thank my colleagues on the o

speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. babin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. babin: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, chairman frelinghuysen. i really appreciate that. i'd like to echo what everyone has said, especially my colleagues, mr. green and others who are from texas who mentioned how we pulled together. i want to rise in strong support of this disaster relief bill for those that have been impacted by this terrible storm. my district is in texas 36, and it was totally devastated. all nine counties have been declared federal disaster areas. the entire district was underwater. a vast lake from houston over to the louisiana border, the devastation is truly heartbreaking. i've traveled to each county and assisted in the recovery efforts and i met with the victims. this bill provides desperately needed resources and help our fellow americans put their lives back together again and rovides a hand-up, not a hand-out. in the midst of this devastation, the entire world is s

mr. weber: well, i thank you, dr. babin. the enormity of this storm and the debt of gratitude we owe our first responders cannot be overly stated. my friend, judge ted poe, saw plenty in his district but he took it in stride as he always does with any challenge because he's a texan and he's a fighter. and judge, that's just the way it is. i yield to you. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman. i appreciate it, congressman weber, for the time you have allowed us to talk a little bit bout hurricane harvey and what folks did down in the texas area. while it was still raining hard, i get a phone call and i looked at the area code ony cell phone and i said, i think that's massachusetts. and sure enough, it was representative kennedy from boston, massachusetts, call me saying he would do whatever he could to get bostonians' first responders down to texas to help out. and that's what happened, as already been mentioned by all of my colleagues tonight. both sides of members of congress working on this issue to help with harvey. beto o'rourk