the chair: the gentleman yields back. mr. ellison: i move back and -- i yield back and move unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. the chair: without objection. the amendment is withdrawn. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. broun: i have an amendment at the desk printed in congressional record number 28. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 28 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. gingrey of georgia. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. mr. gingrey: madam chair, i rise today to offer an amendment that will prohibit funds in the underlying bill from being used to provide mortgage insurance under title 2 of the national housing act for any mortgage on a single family dwelling to be used as a principle residence to a potential borrower who provides only an individual taxpayer identification number called i-10 for identification. this includes usage for mortgage loans available under the f.h.a. to ensure

mr. chairman. the chair: is there objection? mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's amendment. the chair: point of order is reserved. without objection, the reading is dispensed with. pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentlewoman from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank you very much, mr. chairman. this is a daunting time to be on the floor of the house with the defense appropriations and i add my appreciation to the chairman and to the ranking member for the bipartisan approach that they have treated our men and women. as we speak, there are solders who have left our soil and they are in iraq protecting our men and women at our embassy. there's never a time when we do not call upon our soldiers to stand and to defend our nation or our citizens. my amendment recognizes it. it is a budget-neutral amendment. it adds $500,000 by reducing another account by $500,000 for an emphasis on ptsd for outreach towa

mr. defazio: would the chair yield for a second on that? mr. latham: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. defazio: would you give me a second? the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? mr. pastor: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. pastor: i yield to mr. defazio. mr. defazio: i thank the gentleman for yielding. it's not so obvious with this administration. they're desperate for the t.p.p., they're desperate for the transamerica free trade agreement and we're very worried that they would think that disapproving this application from ireland represent, representing norway, who intends to operate a rent-a-airline, rent-a-crew from singapore would somehow derail their talks. so i don't think it's obvious. this is sending a message to the white house, we're not going to let this happen. with that i thank the gentleman and i yield back. mr. pastor: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona yields back. the question is on the amendment offer

mr. nolan: thank you very much. the chair: does the gentleman reserve? mr. nolan: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota reserves. anyone claiming time in opposition? the gentleman from minnesota. mr. nolan: mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. nolan: thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: who seeks recognition? the gentlewoman from michigan. mrs. miller: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. miller of michigan. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section 10002, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to divest, retire, transfer or place in storage or prepare to divest, retire, transfer or place in storage any a-10 aircraft or to disestablish any units of the active or

>> mr. chairman, members of the committee, do you want me to go through the entire? >> do you want to talk on all of the items right now or was that your... >> that works, and we are in complete concur ans with that budget analyst. >> okay. >> and ready for the report. >> okay. >> mr. chairman and the members of the committee, initially we brought in items 5 and 10 on page 26, of our report, we know that the puc currently has a remaining balance of 81 million, 259,979 in issued water revenue bonds that are not allocated to projects and so on page 27, of our report, we report, that the total estimated debt service over the 30 year term of the bonds is 533 million, and that consists of 290.4 million in principal, and 242.7 million in interest and the estimated annual debt service is 19.8 million. the file 140479, appropriate ates the 363 or 768,000 in various revenues for the capitol projects which are itemized on page 28 of our report. and our recommendations for these two items are in the bottom o

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 4800, directs me to report it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the me has -- committee has had under consideration h.r. 4800 and has come to no resolution thereon. clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> it's been very much in line with what the administration is asking for and it's going to be really interesting to see how this goes. there will be some debate on the floor. we're expecting representative to introduce an amendment to strip out the waiver language. he tried to do the same thing during markup and failed to get the support for that and then it will turn to what happens in conference after that. >> in addition to that school lunch program issue, let's look at some of the other issues that you're looking

>> yes, mr. chair, silence all

so are we finished. >> mr. chair, before going forward we need to waive the residency requirement for alley. >> we need a waiver requirement for -- >> seat number three. >> just one, right? >> so moved. >> for winston. any objections? seeing none, motion passes. >> and so for the original motion, that will be recommended as a committee report. >> yes. >> and then the second duplicated file to the call of the chair or a date certain. >> let's do -- we'll have it within the next two meetings. >> but it will be continued to the call of the chair. >> yes. >> madam clerk, any other items? >> that concludes our business for today. >> meeting adjourned.

mr. gardner: at this point we have two remaining so thank you. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from colorado. mr. gardner: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman and i thank the gentleman for sponsoring this legislation. mr. speaker, five years ago companies were building terminals to import natural gas at the cost of billions of dollars because analysts agreed that the united states economy was going to need natural gas were overseas. today that's that scenario has flipped on its head and import terminals are dormant. the department of energy has 19 applications waiting for permission to export u.s. natural gas. thanks to technology, break throughs, u.s. natural gas reserves have climbed 72% since 2000. we have more gas than we can use here in the united states. mr. speaker, we have the best ice cream company in the world brennan, texas, and their motto is we eat all we can and we sell the gas. that's what s

mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from maryland reserves the balance of his time. mr. delaney: and i yield to the ranking member. the chair: the gentleman yields to the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i do not oppose it. i would simply mention a concern i have, and it is not with the intent of the gentleman but rather the amount. the underlying bill -- i want my colleagues to know this -- already provides $11 million from the operation and maintenance funds for the army, navy and air force for the construction and furnishing of additional fisher houses. a total not to exceed $33 million. this amendment obviously would add $20 million to that amount. i'm concerned that the rapid increase in construction funding in a single fiscal year would be very difficult for the foundation to utilize. mr. delaney: my response to the ranking member is i have great confidence in the fisher houses' teams ability to handle the funds and this is an example of where we need to get ahead of the needs, not behind the

mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the house will be in der the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. visclosky: i was careful to note, the gentleman noted that some would suggest that he offered his amendment to defend the oil and gas industry. and i said that he is not doing that amendment and the largest inland oil refinery is in my district so i would in no way to infer that. i'm not impinging the motives of the gentleman. i rows to rise in disagreement. mr. conaway: i did misunderstand you you said i was disqualified because i represent west texas. if i misunderstood you -- mr. visclosky: i appreciate the gentleman's remarks. the chair: the amendment is agreed to. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments which further proceedings were postponed. an amendment by mrs. miller of michigan, amendment number 2 by mr. cotton of arkansas. amendment number 31 by ms. lee of california. amendment number 33, amendment by mr. massie of kentucky, amendment by

mr. chair there are 3 i's >> so with the amendment versions we'll continue this item to another rules committee hopefully next week we'll figure out that one. >> do you know what days you'll have the rules committee. >> the next two rules committee on june 23rd and 30th. >> okay. would like to request to go to june 23rd i can let people know about it so if we could - >> give me a date we'll talk to my staff about so tomorrow he'll on the other hand, you'll hear. >> thanks. so this item is now continued to the call of the chair >> yeah. >> let's go back to items 7 through 11 right. >> let me try to restart that discussion. i want to appreciate number one up want to appreciate the staff from supervisor avalos office beth and supervisor kim's office and sunny and my office jen that has been working on the amending of the legislation to basically improve the language and strengthen the los angeles as we move forward. since we know that we are reilly wanting to do it right for 26 years before it sun

this designation, mr. chair -- chairman, could improve transportation and commerce and economic development in north carolina and virginia. eastern north carolina, mr. chairman, remains one of the poorest areas in the country. despite the economic resurgence many other areas of the country have seen. my amendment, if it had been made in order, would enable future construction between raleigh and norfolk to build on an existing route which already meets highway standards, it can save taxpayer money. mr. chairman, i urge my colleagues in future debate to consider this request. thank you. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields ack. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr. latham: mr. chairman, i move the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the yirse have it. the motion -- the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. ch

mr. gibson: i thank my friend -- the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. gibson: i thank my friend and colleague and thank you, madam chair. madam chair, if another country gave arms to a rebel group or another country for the express purpose of attacking our country, we would view that act as an act of war. and -- but for some reason we don't hold ourselves to that same standard. if it is the intent of the administration to give arms to any group, then under our constitution the administration must first come here and debate it on the floor and get authorization from the people's representatives. and so, madam chair, i oppose us getting involved in the syrian civil war. i believe that there's more that we can do diplomatically to isolate the assad regime. i don't think giving arms to any rebel group is in our best . terest but most certainly if that's ever to occur, there first has to be an authorization. so i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek rec

mr. chair. item 9 the appropriating approximately $360 million for the prepayment bond and water depositing for the capital improvement from 2014-2015 to 2015- 2016 and item 10 the ordinance prostrate approximately 2 hundred and 15 million house/senate cap and trade for the house/senate power improvements for the fiscal year 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 and 2015- 2016 and ordinance amendmen amendments. item 11 ordinance prostrate 9 hundred and 61 million of revenue bonds for wastewater improvements for 2014-2015 and to 067 and amending ordinances >> and finally on the water system improvement the proposal is 15 miles a year of water main replacement interest so the key water projects that are still under law part of the 19 percent of that's not done the placement to be on track by 2018 and 2019 as well as the bay tunnel under the bay. >> todd sorry. what was the actual date that was programmed for the cal berries damn i know we have the conditions on the hillside do you recall >> it was 2018 from abo

mr. chair, when i came to congress, i promised my constituents that i would scrutinize the federal budget so their money was not wasted, promoting sharter -- smarter governor. this is a simple solution to do just that. this was passed by the house last year with bipartisan support and i ask my colleagues to again support this measure that can save american taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in this year alone. let's come together to show the american people that we can work together to promote better government and smarter spending. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. frelinghuysen: will the gentleman yield? we're pleased to accept your endment and i yield to mr. visclosky if you care to make any comments. mr. visclosky: i appreciate the gentleman yielding. i appreciate the fact that the gentleman's looking to be very cost effective and avoiding the expenditure of unnecessary funds and strongly support his position. appreciate his offering the amendment. appreciate the gentleman yieldin

>> mr. chair, members of the committee, it is a first. [laughter] >> proposed budget total -- i'm on page 50 of our report, [speaker not understood]. of that amount, 601,646 are ongoing savings at 147,800. oneheim saving these reductions would still allow increase of 10,0 29,52 1 in the department's 14-15 budget. our recommended reductions proposed budget total [speaker not understood] in 15-16 which are ongoing savings and as i understand it, the department does concur with our recommended reductionses. >> okay. colleagues, any questions for mr. rose? okay, can i have a motion to accept mr. rose's report with cuts for the fire department? a motion and second, we can take that without objection. [gavel] >> chair farrell, if i can mention one item i know did come up last week for your consideration. i had some difficult decisions to make, that is withdrawing funding for those positions. [speaker not understood] work load issues and safety issues [speaker not understood] fire investigation. used to be a two-person per shift unit and that fu

so are we finished. >> mr. chair, before going forward we need to waive the residency requirement for alley. >> we need a waiver requirement for -- >> seat number three. >> just one, right? >> so moved. >> for winston. any objections? seeing none, motion passes. >> and so for the original motion, that will be recommended as a committee report. >> yes. >> and then the second duplicated file to the call of the chair or a date certain. >> let's do -- we'll have it within the next two meetings. >> but it will be continued to the call of the chair. >> yes. >> madam clerk, any other items? >> that concludes our business for today. >> meeting adjourned. you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get opportunity at the new state of the arc facility and attend workshops and receive one-on-one technical assistance and learner what you need to become a primary contractor or what information to be a subcontractor and a created bed public com

the chair: if the gentleman will specify which amendment. mr. mcnerney: with mr. garamendi and myself that decreases and increases the farm agency by $11 million. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. mcnerney of california. after the dollar amount insert reduced by doctor 11 million. .ncrease by $11 million the chair: pursuant to house resolution 616, the gentleman from california and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mcnerney: thank you, mr. chairman. the amendment my colleague, mr. garamendi, and i are offering simply decreases the funding for the farm services agency by $11 million and increases it by the same amount. the intent of this amendment is to ensure that $11 million goes towards the mother-in-law conservation fund, or e.c.p. -- goes towards the emergency conservation fund or e.c.p. in the arcane world of appropriations, it's the intent of congress -- and we want to make sure that the intent is there to put this money into the emergen

. >> thank you very much mr. chair. colleagues thanks for hearing this item what you have before you is an result of a public process that took over 13 years to complete after the closer of the schlage lock factory in the 99 we partnered with universal paragon to develop a revitalization plan for this site in the community. after several years of analysis the process recently concluded with the adaptation of the redevelopment plan zoning changes a master plan to guide the changes on site, however, with the demise with the agency in 2012 the loss of tens of millions of dollars dollars in tax increments funding that accompanied this project has required us to reaccess and give a fresh look at the community goals. it's been challenging to move forward to say the least especially moving forward without redevelopment funds but we've been able to lean on the advisory committee members it's been flexible and they've rolled up their sleeves to revitalization this project. we've been working with the mayor's office and other age

. >> mr. chair, before going forward we need to waive the residency requirement for alley. >> we need a waiver requirement

thank you, mr. chair. >> mr. jolly spent 50 that i want to follow up just a bit of what we discussed, and i stand that disagreed on time in his issues seems somewhat jurisdictional and a couple other matters. but on accuracy, your report that the agassi rate is about 69%. one of the areas of non-concurrence is something that seems pretty benign, which is insufficient oversight and training. can you elaborate a little bit on that? i mean, i'll put my cards on the table. in many ways you are providing a little bit of oversight into reasons for the inaccuracy. it appears one of the reasons you identified was insufficient and internal training and oversight. or engaged in the same issue right now at the department obviously on health care delivery. can you elaborate to the extent you are permitted to on the disagreement on the interpretation of out the department's ability to provide the oversight and training in this specific area? >> i'd like to ask can't who led the audit, but i do believe as you look at the train

mr. speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the chair: without objection, the gentleman from maryland is recognized. the gentleman will suspend. he committee will be in order. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, mr. chairman. first, i want to say to mr. latham, with whom i had the opportunity of serving on the appropriations committee for some years, thank you for your service. we obviously didn't always agree but i always found you to be a gentleman and conscientious and honest and in your leadership -- hon nest your leadership and willing to work together where we could work together and i want to thank you for that. mr. chairman, not only is mr. latham retiring but his partner , the ranking member, mr. pastor, is also retiring. who's standing at the back of the chamber. mr. hoyer: mr. chairman, let me say about ed pastor, he is a quiet man, like john wayne in hard uiet man, who worked for his constituents and had the op

>> mr. chair, can i just ask ms. howard, i'm just looking at the office of strategic partnerships proposed for -- let me look at this -- fiscal year 14-15, 581 or -- >> that's right. $581,000 in the first year. >> for year two it goes down -- >> to 300,000. >> 300,000. and how much of that is already committed from the private sector, do you know? >> so, that's a very good question. thank you for asking. so, the $2 81,000 is committed from ~ the irvine foundation and that's focused on an initiative called the pay for success initiative. it's a one-time grant which is why it appears in the first year and is not budgeted in the second year. we also have an additional $150,000 committed by partnership of foundations led by the haase foundation for $150,000 to be matched by $150,000 of general fund. >> great, thank you. >> item number 5 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to eliminate the mayor's office of housing and community development escrow account administration fee. item number 10, resolution approvi

. >> no, mr. chair, >> no, mr. chair, >> okay, we are adjourned. so you can't save money?t's easy as pie! brown bag your lunch instead of going out. six dollars saved timed 5 days a week times ten years is 21,000 bucks! that's a lotta lettuce. small changes today... big bucks tomorrow. feed the pig.org. >> wow, are the beetles here or are we just reoping the playground? i'm not sure which. thanks to the 2008 parks funds, where you're standing is the home and all of you san francisco voters gave a $20 million investment in this neighborhood. i was born and raised four blocks from where we stand today. i came and played in this park, on the equipment, in the you know what i mean you know jim gym and structure today. >> to make this a park that everybody can enjoy, a diversity that would show the city that this is what san francisco is all about. >> what we got here is 3,000 new square feet of places for people to be healthy and be active and the community to gather. >> if you see /kaelly's mural in the building, there cannot be an imagery that's more related to this place. w

[gavel] >> mr. chair, just to clarify. you're continuing this to the next regular meeting of june 19th or -- >> yes. >> or just continue to the call of the chair in case there is a special meeting held? >> no, this will be heard on the 19th. >> june 19th, okay. >> okay, i think we're done, right? do we have anything else? okay. madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> that concludes our business for today. >> meeting adjourned. [gavel] (applause) aggregation we hope that it can be less controversial than it was in the past, it has been terminated and shown that the model works. and they recently celebrated the 4th anniversary, with the addition of the city of richmond, and served 125,000 customers and the county just launched their own program last year, and the alamena county to explore the program as well it is time for san francisco to do its part and so why don't we go on to the budget analyst, and i think that is. and the other parts. >> mr. president, do you want to speak first? >> we can wait for the bud

mr. davis. the chair: how much time? mr. aderholt: three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank my colleague from alabama for his leadership on this issue. and this is an issue where i think we all agree. we want children in this country to eat healthier. we all want to fight childhood he obesity. but i come up to this podium in opposition to this amendment. because i'm a parent. i have three kids in public schools. i coach youth football. i coach little league. i talk to children. i talk to superintendents and principals in central illinois about this problem. and it's not just a problem that washington can solve. but it's a problem that washington created that we need to fix. there's a lot of plate waste. you look at a recent "los angeles times" article, upwards of $20 million per year, the los angeles california school district is losing to plate waste. $1.2 million less children in this country are participating in the school lunch program. the school n

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>> mr. chair, can i just ask ms. howard, i'm just looking at the office of strategic partnerships proposed for -- let me look at this -- fiscal year 14-15, 581 or -- >> that's right. $581,000 in the first year. >> for year two it goes down -- >> to 300,000. >> 300,000. and how much of that is already committed from the private sector, do you know? >> so, that's a very good question. thank you for asking. so, the $2 81,000 is committed from ~ the irvine

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas. mr. cotton: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cotton: mr. speaker, this amendment -- >> mr. chairman, the house is ot in order. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cotton: mr. speaker, my amendment would very simply prohibit the use of funds in this legislation from being used to transfer detainees at guantanamo bay to their country of origin or any foreign country. there are two main reasons why this amendment is necessary. both related to the president's action in trading five senior taliban commanders for private bergdahl. first, he's proven that section 1035 of the national defense authorization act is inadequate and, second, we need to review the conditions of release of the taliban five. on the first point, this congress granted the president last year expanded authority to release detainees from guantanamo bay conditioned on 30 days' notice to the congress as well as certain other conditions. the president abused that auth

let's take that motion for. >> mr. chair, i would suggest you duplicate the hearing file so we can move those seats first and then continue the other seats. speaker: i duplicate the file. >> okay. so move to duplicate the file and move forward seats, one, two, three, five, and then continue four. >> and then there might be some other -- >> yes. >> -- motions. >> i have another motion. >> okay. is that acceptable? okay. so there's been a motion and there's no objection, so that motion passes where we have mark for seat one, and ally seat two, john wolf, seat three, allison wash burn, seat five. and to continue seat four. >> yes. >> okay. motion passes. thank you. >> if i may add with respect -- >> sorry. >> with respect to the remaining three seats, seven, nine, and eleven, i would like to have a discussion about that, but i will sort of say where i am. i appreciate the point about with respect to seat number eleven continuing that seat, but i want to be very clear. i really think it's important for us to move quickly on that

mr. chair and members of the committee on page 5 of our report we report that our recommended reductions total one million dollars plus in 2014-2015 and 8 hundred plus are ongoing savings and one time savings those reductions allow an increase of 17 point percentage no our 2014-2015 and all of those are ongoing savings as i understand it the department testified concurred with our recommended deductions. >> colleagues, any comments from our staff or colleagues. we'll entertain a motion after public comment for our budget so with that, why not sdrishlg to our mta edward reiskin thank you for come back. >> good afternoon mr. chair, and members of the board we presented last week and happy to answer any questions. >> okay. colleagues any questions. >> thank you for being back. at this point we'll open up for public comment is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item? on items it through 4 please step forward and line up on this side of the wall so we understand how many people and be respectfu

[gavel] >> mr. chair, just to clarify. you're continuing this to the next regular meeting of june 19th or -- >> yes. >> or just continue to the call of the chair in case there is a special meeting held? >> no, this will be heard on the 19th. >> june 19th, okay. >> okay, i think we're done, right? do we have anything else? okay. madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> that concludes our business for today. >> meeting adjourned. [gavel] (applause) >> this coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled. in the old days myelogram ma get together >> i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. >> when i was younger i know it did something to my body. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i

[gavel] >> mr. chair, just to clarify. you're continuing this to the next regular meeting of june 19th or -- >> yes. >> or just continue to the call of the chair in case there is a special meeting held? >> no, this will be heard on the 19th. >> june 19th, okay. >> okay, i think we're done, right? do we have anything else? okay. madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> that concludes our business for today. >> meeting adjourned. [gavel] (applause) >> roll call, commissioner adams. >> here. >> brandon. >> here. >> woo ho. >> here. >> approval of minutes for the may 27, 2014 meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> public comment. none? commissioners comment? all in favor. >> i. >> thank you. item 3, public comment under executive session. no one is here at executive session. >> so moved. >> second. >> all if favor, i. >> i. >> public comment. >> [inaudible] closed session. >> sorry, yeah. she read number three. >> no comment on executive session. >> we did that. >> we okay on that? >> okay, executive session, [inaudib

mr. deutch of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 641, the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, it's no surprise -- excuse me -- that i oppose h.r. 4899. however, my amendment is not an attempt to sabotage a bill. it's to fix a major drafting error within this legislation that could have drastic consequences on our nation's district courts. my amendment would strike section 10702-a-3 of the bill which mandates that cases involving oil and gas leases, quote, take precedence over all other pending matters for the district court, closed quote. i'm grateful for the opportunity to explain the serious implications of this serious provision. the provision seems to be directed to concerns that individuals and communities, small businesses, other interests that are not party to the production of an oil and gas lease may file lawsuits to prevent or delay an oil and gas lease from moving forward. now, i believe that people have an

mr. chair, that concludes the presentation, and we have a stack of comment cards, it is that i have been told that we are going to be breaking up the public comment into groups and i am not sure how that is organized. maybe i will call public comment, i will bring up sidney, and elizabeth har ris, and kerri, and then amiratuby, hello. >> hello. >> my name is sidney klenis for 18 and a half years my stepfather was incarcerated in federal prison for more than 50 years i have been a teacher of children and teachers and parents writing books on how to support children's growth and development i have been a commissioner in pasadena and i was the first child to visit alkatraz, these facts combine to make me an expert on children with parents in prison since i have the practical experience of what that means and understanding of children's development it was on my initiative and i have grateful to jeff for mentioning it that the bill of rights was adopted by this board of supervisors and all community

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 3301 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the nion states that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 3301 and has come to no resolution thereon. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 2086, an act to address current emergency shortages of propane and other home heating fuels and to provide greater flexibility and information for governors to address such emergencies in the future. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak on h.r. 6. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman have a general leave request? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks an