mr. defazio: if the gentleman will yield? mr. castro: yes. mr. defazio: i want to thank the gentleman for his diligence nd foresight to propose this amendment. it replaced the current council with a new membership. i am not exactly certain why we need to do that because we haven't heard particular complaints. but in any case this is an improvement upon the newly recommended council to include norts and women fully -- minorities and women fully engaged. i see a lot of those folks in my state and i'm sure you do in texas too. so i'm pleased for one brief moment here we have a bipartisan consensus. with that i congratulate the gentleman. mr. castro: well, thank you, gentlemen, both. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yield it's back. who -- the gentleman yields back. who seeks recognition? seeing none, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it's now in order to consider amendment number 4 printed i

mr. defazio: mr. speaker, on january 17, 2014, the governor of california issued a proclamation, a state of emergency regarding the drought. my amendment simply states that the secretary of commerce should treat this emergency proclamation as requested by the governor under section 312 of the madison-stevens act to determine whether there's a commercial fishery failure for any fisheries that originate in the state of california. many charter and commercial boat fisheries on the west coast are dependent on chinook and coe hossa monostock that originate in the rivers and migrate to the pacific oocean where they're harvested. one of these runs from the central valley turns north and makes up as much as 50% of the salmon production off oregon and to areas to the north. it's responsible for as must have as 90% of california's salmon catch this run and others are in peril due to the drought, reducks in river flose will impact incubating eggs, jufle fish in the upper reaches of the river. while many fishing

mr. defazio of oregon for today. ms. jackson lee of texas for today. ms. matsui of california for today. mrs. noem of south dakota. and mr. pastor of arizona for today and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: works. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. well, today once again, the president has unilaterally, almost like a monarch just said, you know what? obamacare is the law, and yes, he didn't say this, but the fact is, harry reid, the senators were willing to shut down the government instead of just passing a bill that would have suspended obamacare for a year or at least suspend the mandates. and he did it again today. so it makes it very clear, the shutdown of our government that hurt so many people was clearly a political game by harry reid and the senate democrats because they wanted america to hurt, blame the republicans, when all along, they were willing to agree to what we offered to avoid the shutdown. shame on you. i yield back. the speak

mr. polis: i thank the chair and i yield to the ranking member pleasure defazio. mr. defazio: i thank the gentleman for yielding, i congratulate mr. polis and congressman kildee who is detained at the white house, for offering this amendment. i appreciate that the majority has accepted it. this will be a temporary provision until such time as the final rule is adopted. there was never any -- i don't think any intent to have this sort of blanket ban on snowmobiles and this would correct that error by the forest service as they go through a deliberative process on where, when and how snowmobiles will access federal forest lands on a unit by unit basis. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman from washington for his remarks. you know when the defense of one team scores more points than the offense of the other team you know your team is not in good shape. i congratulation the -- congratulate the gentleman, 12 seconds fastest ever score in a way that was quite embarrassing for the broncos be we'll be back next year and look forward to channeling in the nfl. i appreciate the suppo

mr. defazio of oregon for today, february 11, until 56 p.m. mr. lewis of georgia for february -- until 5:00 p.m. mr. lewis of georgia for february 10 through february 11. mr. rush of illinois for february 10 through february 11. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? mr. granger: mr. speaker, i'd like to be removed as co-sponsor of 1762, the biennial budgeting and appropriations act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to remove my name as a co-sponsor -- >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to remove my name as co-sponsor from house resolution 470. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to address the house for

mr. defazio of oregon, amendment number 10 by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in house report 113-339 by the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the no, sir prevailed by -- the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in house report 113-339 offered by mr. defazio of oregon. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or c