mr. capuano's approach and you would have some up here in the state and some up on the federal level. >> that is correct. >> thank you very much. miss beam. five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. during your testimony you highlighted that the neic works actively with the international regulatory bodies and what authorities do the neic have compelling states to comply with any changes and recommendations that the international community would like to see. the value of the process is a coordinated interactive agency to work with our international colleagues. there are 27 countries in the eu. there are many countries around the world who have similar systems. in terms of the preektive authority of the neic, its role is not to preempt the state. it's to supplement and support the state in regulation. so in that sense as it develops as internationally they're developed standards and that's the measure by which we'll determine equivalency, by the way is the development in compliance with international standards. so you support the standards and you educate the states, but ultimately you don'

mr. capuano, mr. defazzo, mr. fattah today after 1:00 p.m., mr. kanjorski of pennsylvania for today after 12:00 noon, mr. shadegg of arizona for today, and mr. welch of vermont after 2:00 p.m. today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the personal requests are granted. does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i do. mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute for purposes about inquiring next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. on monday the house is not in session. on tuesday the house will meet at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. on wed