mr. doyle: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. doyle: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm honored to manage consideration of s. 3874, the reduction of lead in drinking water act. this is the senate companion to ms. eshoo's bill, the get the lead out act. this bill will update the national lead content standard to nearly eradicate lead in faw sets and fixtures which contribute up to 20% of human exposure according to the e.p.a. in a 21st century america, we have a responsibility to do more to protect our children and families against the lead exposure required through plumbing systems of the the safe drinking water act, which determines the national lead content standard, currently allows up to 8% lead content for

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle, to suspend the rules and pass senate 3874 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 3874, an act to amend the safe drinking water act to reduce lead in drinking water. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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 commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 226 and the nays are 109. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and agreeing to hou

doyle. >> it has been described by african leaders as a last chance for a peaceful, negotiated solution. three presidents have come to ivory coast to tell mr. gbagbo his time is up. unless he goes, this key country in west africa, one of the economic powerhouses, could descend back into war. all of the main observers of last month's elections say that laurent gbagbo lost, that he is no longer the the president of ivory coast. they say that the opposition leader, this man, alassane ouattara, was the winner. the leaders were clear. they have told mr. gbagbo that he has to leave. this could be a long, drawn-out affair. the world is watching to see how africa deals with this crisis, but the on voice of the democratic nations, who have come to the ivory coast, say they are determined and able to sort this out -- but the envoys of the democratic nations say they are determined. for now, the talks are on. it has been said in no uncertain terms that one way or another, there will be a democratic outcome here, and that may take more than just talk. mark doyle, bbc news, ivory coast. >> a peacekeeper in the ivory coast was wounded in one neighborhoo