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mr. defazio: i yield to the gentleman from washington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of the temporary measure to extend the authorization of the f.a.a. today, but do i so with great disappointment. we could be on the floor today to enact a longer term re-authorization bill. mr. smith: the aviation subcommittee, blid mr. lobiondo, held 16 hearings. we heard from stakeholders that there is a long list of things we can do to stay competitive with our economic rivals and keep our airspace safest and sufficient in the world. we need to reform aircraft certification so that manufacturers can get the newest, safest equipment to market. we need to set clear rules for unmanned aerial vehicles and accelerate efforts for their safe use. mr. larsen we are reneed to advance next gen programs to move air traffic faster and more efficiently. chairman shuster and chairman lobiondo, ranking member defazio and i achieved a bipartisan agreement on post most of these major key issues that we need to

mr. defazio and mr. walden, for their hard work on this important piece of legislation that will benefit several indian tribes in the state of oregon. h.r. 2791 is a compilation of three standalone bills that were reported out by the natural resources committee and passed by the full house during the 113th congress. and since i have every confidence that mr. defazio will describe the bill in detail, i will reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from michigan. mrs. dingell: i yield myself such time as i may consume. thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 2791 is the culmination of years of work to address the wrongs of the past. the termination area in federal indian policy is one of the darkest chap terse in american history. in oregon, all but one of the tribes lost their recognition. the federal government saw the error of their ways and restored the recognition of the tribes but now left with inadequate land bases. h.r. 2791, the western oregon tribal f

mr. defazio, for five minutes. mr. defazio: well, i will look the camera in the eye and say why i am supporting this agreement. i think there's only one common thing that is agreed upon here in the house and in the senate is that we don't want iran to have nuclear weapons. if the u.s. were to walk away from this deal and say we want to go back to the table, they will be sitting in an empty room, and the only people at the table will be u.s. representatives. there will not be any other nations from europe, russia or china and iran won't be at the table either. this is a deal that is not perfect. sure, it's far from perfect, but it does -- they say, well, iran could become a nuclear threshold state again in 10 or 12 years because the way this agreement is written. if we walk away today they are a nuclear threshold state and they will build a bomb and they'll have it within three or four months. then what? well, we do have options, of course that are being recommended by dick cheney, john bolton and benjamin netanyahu, all

mr. defazio, who is the ranking democrat on the relevant committee, mr. shuster being the chairman. i know they have had some discussions. i also know they are not very close to agreement. i know that neither one of them like the senate bill that was sent to us. the majority leader and i had discussions on that. we didn't take that up. i thought that was probably the right thing for the majority leader to do, not take it up. but i would hope that, again, the majority leader says he's engaged. i would hope he uses his good office to get us to a place where we can pass a bill in a bipartisan fashion as during my 34 years has normally been the case that extends for a significant period of time no less than five years can at levels that are necessary to meet the infrastructure needs of this country, both from an economic standpoint and a national security standpoint. i yield to my friend if he wants to say anything further. if not, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mccarthy