mr. byrne: mr. speaker, i was listening to the gentleman from colorado speak, we heard about immigration minimum wage, lgbt, renewable energy highways, ex-im bank and a little bit about fish. s that bill about fish. it's not about all that stuff. you know, we've heard from our friends on the other side of the aisle that we in the majority are using too many, quote, combined rules, where you have more than one bill in the rule. which they say confuses debate and distracts pr the individual merits of each bill and the process by which it will be considered. i've got to tell you, it seems to me we had a lot of confusion and distraction with the interjection into this debate of a bunch of issues that have nothing to do with fishing. today we have one rule, covering one bill, yet the gentleman just spent the majority of his time discussing issues not covered in the rule before us. let me tell you, the people in my area are suffering. charter boat people have lost their boats. dads who want to take their