mr. boyd: thank you, madam speaker, and i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding. madam speaker, as a longtime advocate of restoring fiscal responsibility in washington, i rise in strong support of h.r. 2142. this is an issue, madam speaker, that i worked on for many years, including my time in the florida house of representatives, at which time i personally authored a bill which does many of the same things. and we affectionately came to know that bill as performance-based budgeting. that's a novel idea, isn't it? p.b. squared, as you know. many of you know that i am a member of the blue dog coalition. this bill is one step of many that will move us towards these goals of effective and efficient government. h.r. 2142 requires the people closest to the ground that are directly involved in government programs to assess those programs and live up to the goals and standard that have been set for their programs. this is helpful to the federal agencies. it's helpful to the taxpayer and i

mr. boyd: i thank mr. mica. for yielding. madam speaker, we must begin planning now for this possibility of a hurricane hitting the gulf coast and what effect the oil spill -- what damage that -- additional damage that will cause. must ensure te current cleanup and containment efforts underway are able to cntinue unabated. dam speaker, i urge pport of s. 3473 and i yld back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemayields back the bance of his time. the gentleman fromrida. mr. mica: thank you, madam speaker. i guess as we conclude the extend time of debate on this measure to again revise some of the prosions of the emergency portion,150 millio emergency fund within the $1.6 billion oil liabity trust fund. i understand that tre has been identified a minor technical glitch in the legislation as it came from the other body. as a great american, former united states senator, bob dole, who ed to say his body, the u.s. senate, is a great place if you ke to see paint d and in which things are done. ed however here

mr. boyd: to make sure our region is prepared to deal with the effects of hurricane or tropical storm could have, this past monday i held a joint oil spill hurricane planning conference in bay county, florida. the conference brought together representatives from federal and state response -- emergency response agencies, military leaders, and key local stakeholders to discuss the hazards aotherated with the hurricane's impact on the oil spill and the threats posed to our area by having oil propelled inland. working together we identified several planning and action items that need to be taken to better brace for the effects the storm would have on our communities with oil in the gulf of mexico. i plan to deliver these action items to the president and urge him to incorporate these recommendations into a federal hurricane preparedness and response plan so that our communities and people can be better protected. north florida is already dealing significant economic and environmental distress from