mr. garamendi: mr. speaker. we yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's policy of january 6, 2015, the chair recognizes the gentleman from california mr. sherman. mr. sherman: revise and stepped. i would like to praise mr. garamendi, the gentleman from california, for this excellent presentation on why we should make it in america. but i'm here today to talk about something that was made in vienna, namely, the iran nuclear deal. i'm going to start with a few observations and then get to the heart of my remarks. the first observation is that we ought to set the record straight. the sanctions that brought iran to the table were imposed by congress over the objection of the executive branch of government. for 30 years, congress had it right, and for 30 years, the executive branch had it wrong. for 30 years every time we passed sanctions they would be argued against and thwarted and what occurred down, due to the efforts of several administrations. and the only time congress got it wrong is when the house of repres

mr. garamendi: well, mr. chairman despite the potential for a point of order and the amendment being out of order, it really, really is a good policy. and while it may not come to a vote on this house floor it certainly ought to come to the attention of the appropriators and the administration that we got a pretty serious drought in the west it. does affect california arizona -- west. it does affect california, arizona, oregon, probably parts of idaho. and on into new mexico. california voters last november passed a $7 billion water bond that deals with the long-term issues of water supply in california and some of the immediate challenges that the california drought has brought to the 30-plus million citizens of the state. this amendment would direct the department of interior, the e.p.a., the department of agriculture, and the department of defense to focus the money that it would be spending in california under any circumstance to focus that money on assisting augments, advancing -- augmenting, advancing a

mr. garamendi, mr. desauliner, and mr. costa for joining me on this amendment, and i urge its adoption and now i'd like to yield one minute to my colleague mr. garamendi. mr. garamendi: mr. chairman, thank you, my colleague from the delta. this is but one small example of what we ought to be doing and that is working together to solve very, very complex problems. unfortunately, the underlying legislation really does not -- is not the result of the kind of interaction that's necessary. mr. mcnerney and i represent the delta. that delta is as large as the westland's water district and it also happens to be the largest estuary on the western coast from alaska to chile. it is an absolutely essential element in the environment of the entire west coast of the united states. yet, the underlying legislation ignores the fact that those of us that represent this area have been no part of the legislation. if we work together, we can solve problems such as water hyacinth and the next amendment, which i'll be taking up. i want to comme

mr. garamendi is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: thank you mr. speaker. we had a most interesting discussion on coal and let's continue on with natural resources for a few moments here. i represent a good portion of the state of california. i put this map up as an opportunity for interested parties to observe what's happening in the state of california. we're well into the fourth year of our drought in california. you can see from this map in 2003 we had a serious drought. the yellow. we're now looking at july 1, 2014. and the yellow is now just a small part of the state of california meaning it's still serious. mostly out in the delta, out in the desert and in southern california, imperial valley, part of san diego, riverside. and san bernardino county. and a little bit of drought up here in the far north in the north coast area. the red and the brown, that's really really serious. so california is really in a very serious state of hurt at the moment. the drought is severe. it's having enormous impact, not just in the cen

mr. garamendi: thank you mr. chairman. i think i'll start this discussion with the words of a rather influential individual, pope frances. in his recent -- he recently wrote, if present trends continue this century may well witness extraordinary climate change and on an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems with serious querns for all of us. . pope francis. there are numerous, efforts to deny the reality of climate change. and specifically, what i want to deal with with this amendment is the executive order, 13693, planning for sustainable environment. it is to reduce greenhouse emissions. this bill will save money. and increase the share of the electricity the federal government consumes by up to 30%. 36 metric tons of greenhouse grasses would be eliminated. why in the face of all of the scientific evidence, so why in the face of the reality that the climate is indeed changing, when we have throughout the state of california and around the nation, local governments planning for the eventuality, not the reality, of highe

mr. garamendi california. amendment by mrs. capps of california. amendment by mr. sablan, northern mariana. amendment by ms. castor of florida. first amendment by mr. grijalva of arizona. first amendment by ms. tsongas of massachusetts. amendment by ms. edwards of maryland. amendment number 13 by mrs. lawrence from michigan. second amendment by mr. polis of colorado. sec amendment by ms. tsongas of massachusetts. third amendment by mr. polis of amendment in disagreement of a substitute. amendment number 6 by. am by mr. hardy of nevada. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote. the unfinished business is the request for recorded so the on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed. the cleric will redesignated the amendment. amendment offered by mr. guerra menda of california -- garamendi of california. the chair: a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is recorded. members will record their votes by electronic device. members this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning