mr. beyer: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 115-711 offered by mr. beyer of virginia. the chair: pursuant too to house resolution 918, the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyer, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. beyer: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman this amendment seeks to preserve our -- mr. chairman, this amendment seeks to preserve our current clean water act protections occur over our rivers, streams and wetlands. our nation's rivers and wetlands provide values no other ecosystem can. water quality improvements, flood appreciation, shoreline erosion control, and natural products for our use at no cost. this seeks to undermine protections of streams and wetlands and the critical balance between protecting these waters and the day to day operations of the are of our nation's farmers, ranchers an

mr. beyer: ms. chaplain, you mentioned it would be helpful to have updates and cost time lines. in the family business we update the projections at least once a month. we are getting monthly reports on new home sales and unemployment claims and new jobs created. why are nasa or why are the contractors reluctant to update n a regular basis? ms. chaplain: i think it's a healthy thing to do and see conditions change in the james webb program. there were a lot of things that had changed. there was another that took way longer to manufacture. that would have been a good time to recease where the project stood but they didn't do it. mr. beyer: mr. dumbacher, this may be more of a rhetorical editorial comment but you write, the current budgeting process and the continuing resolutions and late year appropriations, threats of government shutdown result in endless multiple planning scenarios. it's difficult when the budget is constantly influx. is it then credible to say that congress plays a role in the

songailaas of massachusetts, amendment -- tsongas of massachusetts, amendment number 18 by mr. beyer of virginia. amendment number 24 by mr. gosar of arizona. amendment number 26 by ms. lee of katrina. amendment number 27 by mr. connolly of virginia. amendment number 29 by mr. gosar of arizona. amendment number 31 by mr. lowenthal of california. amendment number 34 by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. amendment number 39 by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote of this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 13 printed in part b of house report 115-711 offered by the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. songailaas. of which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice voice -- by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 13 printed in part b of house report 115-711 offered by mistsongas of massachusetts -- by ms. tsongas of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in suppo

mr. lowenthal: i rise as the beyer. of mr. buyer -- the clerk: amendment number 31 printed in part b of house mr. t 115-711 offered by lowenthal. the chair: a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. low pressure loan this amendment preserves the national ocean policy. the national ocean policy is a commonsense way to facilitate collaboration on complex ocean issues and promotes economic opportunity and national security and environmental protection. i think we can all agree that we coastal ving ocean and ecosystems that promote the economic vie talts of our communities. this is doing exactly that with the northeastern region having completed its plan and the west coast and other regions well on their way. prohibiting the allocation of funds to this important program will stifle collaboration among stakeholders on complex issues relating to national security, economic opportunity and ocean policy. i represent southern california and i know firsthand that we can have a t