mr. defazio: i yield the gentleman from new york -- mr. jeffries, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. jeffries: i thank the gentleman from oregon for yielding, as well as for his leadership. mr. speaker, once again, as we stand on the brink of a seven-week recess, we are here in this chamber considering a package of warmed over bills that will be dead on arrival when it reaches the senate. it's an empty legislative vessel that has no meaningful port of destination. we're on a joyride that is going to waste the time and treasure of the american people. that's not to suggest, mr. speaker, that the house majority hasn't been busy during the 113th congress. this majority has been busy. unleashing a parade of horribles on the american people. the house majority, mr. speaker, began by bringing to the american people sequestration. tens of billions of $s of painful cuts to important domestic programs that will adversely impact the american people. this house majority, mr. speaker, has been busy, bringing us a 16-day

mr. defazio of oregon. the chair: the gentleman from oregon has two minutes. and is recognized. mr. defazio: i thank the gentleman. remember, should this bill pass and become law, which it never will, it will tie us to the 2003, 2008 guidance, which the farm bureau has described as a hodgepodge of ad hoc and inconsistent jurisdictional theories and will result in and is resulting in increased delays and cost to the public at large. that's why we're here today. everybody agrees that we need clarification. but you are excluding them from using the judicial decisions, any document that was used in coming up with this problematic rule and saying you can't use any of that. so basically we are stuck with the 2003, 2008 guidance which prior to this grandstanding over here everybody agreed needed to be fixed. now we're going to be stuck with it forever. instead of using a legislative scap pell, you pulled out the -- scralpel, you pulled out the giant -- scalpel, you pulled out the giant sledgehammer here. this cannot -- they cannot extend the scope beyond those water bodies covered prior to

mr. defazio. the chair: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for four minutes. mr. defazio: it's unfortunate that we are here today. we have departed from reality which would be the districts we represent where i just spent five weeks. now we are back inside the beltway and we are doing things in this case at that we know will never become law, but we do have an opportunity to actually to do something real and allay the concerns, legitimate concerns, of farmers, ranchers, and others who feel that the e.p.a. is either overreaching or has written a somewhat garbled rule. i would agree with that. but instead of approaching it in measured way and saying we want to be certain that you're not doing this and we want to be certain you're doing this, this would say that anything and everything that they have considered over the last two years in developing this rule is now ineligible for future consideration. what does that mean? it means that the determination that certain things are exempt, well, we probably can't revisit those. can we use the court's decision or any of tho

mr. defazio, for helping make this bill a top priority for our side of the aisle, as well as to the subcommittee chairman, mr. grijalva, for advocating for this bill to move quickly through the process. last but not least, i want to thank chairman doc hastings and the chairman of the subcommittee, mr. bishop, for working across the aisle and making this bill a priority. since i've arrived in congress, you both have been willing to work with me on important public lands issues for my home state and i am grateful to you both for your service and for your civility in working together on the house natural resources committee. again, mr. speaker, this is an important bill that would create jobs that are desperately needed in a portion of nevada's fourth district and i'd like to thank this body for their consideration and passage of this important legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. does the gentleman reserve? the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you,are, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm

mr. lowenthal, for your kind words, and for working hard to bring this important resolution to the house floor. i also appreciate the work of the natural resources committee chairman, doc hastings, and ranking member pete defazio. and to you, mr. young, for considering this resolution expeditiously and seing that it was favorably reported by the committee. also, let me thank senator chris murphy who used to serb in this body and now serves in the united states senate from connecticut for introducing a companion bill in the senate. his support is critical and i thank him for his commitment to this important issue. i hope that the senate will act as expeditiously and in as bipartisan a fashion as has the house of representatives. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house joint resolution 120, a bill that i introduced to will formally approve the location that was selected by the administrator of the general services administration of a memorial that will recognize the thousands of slaves and free referred to as free negros. federal law requires, mr. speaker, that the location where the -- with the memorial identified by the administration of g.s.a., that it be approved by congress within 150 days of receivin

mr. speaker, first of all, i would like to thank chairman hastings and bishop and ranking member defaziond grijalva for their support for this remedy of this issue and i want to thank the committee on both sides of the aisle for supporting this issue. i urge my colleagues to adopt it and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker: the gentleman yields back the gentleman from california reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alaska. . mr. young: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. >> with that i yield back also. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4527. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, , the les are suspended bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reskr is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska seek recognition? mr. young: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pas

defazio and kurt schrader. that's in this package. we have another bill coming up later that is twice passed this house unanimously. those are partisan -- aren't partisan bills that you said, mr. polis, to reward donors. this is about creating jobs in america. they need jobs, certainty of jobs. i don't know about colorado but oregon, california, a lot of places are going up in smoke, choked with smoke because of forest fires. the legislation in this package that we're going to send back over to the senate one more time, thanks to this rule, thanks to the leadership of this chairman, would allow us to get people back to work in the woods, address the problems of these fires, produce revenues for school teachers, for this was and this was' deputies, for search and rescue, for all the basic fundamental services that matter in rural communities and i think matter across the west. so if you -- if you don't believe in taking care of your forest then vote no on this rule. 363 days ago the house passed h.r. 1526, the restoring healthy forests for healthy communities act. few days short of a year, senate's done nothing. nothing. they failed to pass a single active forestry bill. nothi