mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a pleasure for me to now yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas, a valuable member of our energy and commerce committee, mr. gene green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker, and i'd like to thank both my colleague from pennsylvania and also my neighbor in texas, congressman olson, for making sure we get this bill to the floor today. i rise in strong support of h.r. 4273, the resolving environmental and grid reliability conflicts act of 2012. this bipartisan legislation addressing the long-standing conflict in federal law where a company or individual can be held libel for violating -- liable for violating law to avoid black outs. it gives the department of energy to order an elect trick generating facility to operate an emergency. at the same time environmental laws and regulations may restrict the operation of power plants or transmission lines. so if a company or a publicly owned utility is