so, we will now open up testimony on s-612 that is all -- i did ask the gentleman mr. doyle to please come forth and i will ask him again. mike, do you mind sitting right there? yes, we're going to share that microphone. you are into sharing today. >> sure. rep. sessions:

the next one is mr. doyle and mr. jones' amendment regarding buy america.ng about that. china is producing more steel than there is total worldwide demand. there is no market-based economy in the world where firms produce more steel than there is demand. there is something really funny going on there and it's because the state, the chinese government, is essentially backing up what they're doing to the detriment of everybody in the world and i think it would be a very strong statement by the federal government of the united states to say we're not going to buy your steel if you're dumping it and you're producing at that level. so i know that this is a controversial thing, but i think it's very important for both the american economy and the steel industry in the united states of america and i support that amendment. and i thank you, mr. chairman. >> i want to thank the gentleman. i also want to add that i believe i told the gentleman that his favorite -- one of his favorite senators, senator shelby from the state of alabama had called me and asked me to pay

i've thought about what mr. -- what mr. doyle said in terms of the absence of certainty have an impact on folks and of course that cripples this institution. we get this idea that there's only one train leaving the station as you said you didn't get everything you wanted in this bill, mr. chairman, but you think there's only one train leaving the station you end up fighting so much over that last seat nobody gets that seat on the train. this chairman said he was going to bring back regular order to the committee and he has done exactly that and i can look absolutely everybody in the eye, mr. chairman, who didn't get everybody they wanted in this bill and said you've got a chairman who has worked hard for you last cycle, you have a chairman who has worked hard for you this cycle and the chairman will be back working hard for you next cycle, too. it is creating a cycle of success that we can benefit from , not just on the transportation committee, but all across this institution. i just want you to know how much i have appreciated

. - what mr. doyle said in terms of the absence of certainty have an impact on folks and of course that cripples this institution. e get this idea that there's only one train leaving the station as you said you didn't get everything you wanted in this bill, mr. chairman, but you think there's only one train leaving the station you end up fighting so much over that last seat nobody gets that seat on the train. this chairman said he was going to bring back regular order to the committee and he has done exactly that and i can look absolutely everybody in the eye, mr. chairman, who didn't get everybody they wanted in this bill and said you've got a chairman who has worked hard for you last cycle, you have a chairman who has worked hard for you this cycle and the chairman will be back working hard for you next cycle, too. it is creating a cycle of success that we can benefit from, not just on the transportation committee, but all across this institution. i just want you to know how much i have appreciated wh

i thought about what mr. doyle said about the ak sense of certainty has an impact on folks. we get this idea that there's one train leaving the station. as you said you didn't get everything you wanted, mr. speaker, but when you think there's only one train leaving the station, you end up fighting so much over the last seat, nobody gets that seat. he has done exactly that. i can look absolutely everybody in the eye, mr. speaker, who didn't get everything they wanted in this bill and said you've got a chairman who worked hard for you last cycle, this cycle and a chairman who's going to be back working hard for you next cycle, too. it is creating a culture of success, mr. speaker, that we can benefit from not just on the transportation committee but all across this institution. just want you to know how much i have appreciated what you have done, not just for me as a member of the committee but what you have done for this institution by sticking to what you said you were going to do and making it something that we can rely on rs so that there is certainty for us and for our con

mr. doyle: this is the final minute of the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amend the. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this motion to recommit in order to significantly improve this bill by restoring the bipartisan buy american language that was stripped over the last three days. the winn act provides important funding for ports, hoshors and waterways around the country. i think infrastructure issues like this bill should be something we can all agree on and in fact they have been historically bipartisan. then again, i also think that support for hardworking americans should also be bipartisan. i was disappointed that my bipartisan amendment offered by myself and my good friend from north carolina, representative walter jones, was rejected yesterday at the rules committee by a party-line amendment. our amendment would have made the buy-america provisions permanent, matching all other clean water p