mr. defazio: i would yield to the gentlelady from texas, eddie bernice johnson, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me thank my ranking member and the chair of this committee for their diligence in running this committee and overseeing some of the most important legislation for our nation. the clean water act is the key federal law used to protect our nation's waters and ensures that millions of americans have access to clean water. the resolution of disapproval being considered today would block the implementation of important administrative eforms aimed at clarifying key components of the clean water act. these reforms include considerations on how we define tributaries through traditionally navigable waters and sets out clear exclusions to the definition of waters of the united states among other changes that will help streamline the regulatory process. countless municipalities, businesses and industrial stakeholders have expressed concern around the confusing and outdated

mr. defazio: are you reserving to close? mr. gibbs: yeah. mr. defazio: how many times have we debated this? fifth time we debated this issue on the floor. learly subject to widely desparate interpretation in terms of where we're at and how we best move forward. i'm not going to regurgitate the arguments. they've all been made. not everybody has said it but they've all been made. again, i think that the best way forward -- first off, this resolution is going to be vetoed. it will go back to the senate first because it's a senate bill and the senate showed clearly they are far, far short of a veto override so that will be the end of it unless we want to take it up for the sixth time in the house and pretend that somehow by overriding a veto in the house that we're going to compel the senate to re-re-reconsider its failure to override the veto. how much flee we won't go through that charade. we don't have that many legislative days this year. i think that time will be better spent perhaps on initiating hearings and looking toward in the next congres