mr. bucshon: a strong manufacturing base is essential. manufacturing supports millions of good-paying american jobs. for the millions of americans that are employed, that's what matters most. supporting community-sustaining jobs. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the amended. 2296 as those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: over the past two years the house of representatives has advanced bill after bill to grow our economy. the house has pa

so when we talk about, will bucshon and mrs. brooks that's going to come up here and talk about the impact on coal and jobs, that's the war on coal. they aren't using don't use coal. they just put the number of emission particulates below what you can get if you use coal. but now here's what happens in a state like nebraska. the state of nebraska has older coal-fired plants, most of them are smaller in our rural areas of nebraska. they won't be able to afford to pay for all of the changes that have to occur to meet that. and by the way, this rule is not even finalized yet, but when it becomes finalized, these plants have until june 30, 2016. we're in september of 2014. that's less than two years that they have to prepare. and that's why some of these rules are just so ridiculous and so obvious of how they're attacking our energy sector. and making affordability and reliable -- reliability a question mark. now, i'd like to yield to the gentleman from south carolina, jeff duncan. mr. duncan: i want to thank the gentleman from nebr