mr. gibbs: thank you. mr. speaker, we've had a lot of good discussion, debate today and it's clear that we need to have clarity and certainty for all the stakeholders and why we protect the environment at the same time. we tried to do that with h.r. 1732 which passed by bipartisan support here and obviously it wasn't taken up in the senate. so we're here with this congressional review act. i'd like to talk about if this rule goes through, what happens? really what happens is greatly expands the power of the bureaucracy and gives them a lot of open, free discretion to make decisions on a case-by-case basis. it's going to do something else. it's going to require farmers, states, local governments, developers, homeowners to get permits from the federal government to do pretty much anything because they're under federal jurisdiction and it also opens them up for citizens lawsuits, frivolous lawsuits that don't defend themselves because when the clean water act was passed it was passed with tough penalties to go af

mr. gibbs, seek recognition? mr. gibbs: pursuant to house resolution 583, i call up the joint resolution s.j. resolution 22, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8, united states code of the rules submitted by the corps of engineers and the environmental protection agency relating to the definition of waters of the united states on the federal water pollution control act and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: senate joint resolution 22, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, of the rule submitted by the corps of engineers and the environmental protection agency relating to the definition of waters of the united states water he federal pollution control act. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 583, the joint resolution is considered as read. the gentleman from ohio, mr. gibbs, and the gentleman from ore

mr. agent gibbs? (crowd clamoring) aah! ncis agent with two gsws! one to the chest, one to the knee. let's put him under and crack him. 10cc's of epi. he's crashing. might have to shock him. you spend too much time thinking about the past. it's about the future now. bad people are still out there. teague: rule 45-- what's that? clean up your own mess.

gibbs. bishop: mr. president, it was remembering these girls, remembering the awful things these traffickers were capable of that left me asking, how do we keep going? how do we put away one, knowing there are 50 more waiting to be caught? sir, i know why i became a federal agent: to help. but what if my help isn't good enough? seaman ramos's armpit, i discovered this. these are serial and batch numbers. tony: what's "dti"? well, in the same waythat programmers and hackers will often hide their signatures in binary code, most new technology companies will tag the end of their serial numberwith their company initials. dti... daly tech industries. you know them?yeah. we were looking into these chips for delilah'ssister when she got a new dog. well, they're based out of dc. and it's a new start-up, so they're probably still small enough to be able to track whoever specifically boughtthis chip. cool. you got an address? stay warm. you, too. tony: you sure you called ahead? i did.well, then maybewe should ca