mr. goodlatte: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: our system of government is a tripartite one, with each branch having certain defined functions delegated to it by the constitution. the president is charged with executing the laws. the congress with writing the laws, and the judiciary with interpreting them. the obama administration, however, has ignored the constitution's carefully balanced separation of powers and unilaterally granted itself the extra constitutional authority to amend the laws and to waive or suspend their enforcement. this raw assertion of authority goes well beyond the executive power granted to the president and specifically violates the constitution's command that the president is to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. the house -- the committee is ot in order. would all members remove their onversations from the fl

mr. goodlatte: mr. chairman, i yield myself 30 seconds to say to the gentleman that the provisions on the projects that he mentioned are exactly why we need this legislation. because this legislation incorporates those ideas which started by the way in this house with the work of the transportation committee in the transportation bills and now needs to be codifyified and put into law so it can be -- cotified and put into law so it can be made available in that project and every probably in which the federal government has a regulatory role. so, at this time it is my pleasure to yield four minutes to the chairman of the regulatory reform subcommittee, the gentleman from alabama, mr. bachus. the chair: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for four minutes. mr. bachus: i thank the chairman. one thing that i think we all, republicans and democrats, agree on is that you can't have a world-class economy with a third-world infrastructure. and in many cases that's what we have today. putting money into high

mr. goodlatte, mr. bishop has witnessed over a period of months, saying when will you bring forward this bill, when will you bring forward this bill? when will you fix our broken immigration system? despite that we have not advanced one single immigration related bill that addresses any one of the flaws in the immigration system to the floor of the house this entire legislative session. so our pasheens is wearing thin, mr. speaker. and i have great respect for you, mr. speaker, for the majority leader, mr. cantor. great respect. and i understand it's the prerogative of the majority party to control the bills that are being debated on the floor. but in the absentence of leadership, mr. speaker, in the absence of you bringing a bill forward that allows us to fix our broken immigration system, we the members of this body, democratic and republican, have no choice but to take it upon ourselves to bring this issue forward to the floor of the house. i'm going to tell you a little bit about, mr. speaker, the w

mr. goodlatte, mr. bishop has witnessed over a period of months, saying when will you bring forward this bill, when will you bring forward this bill? when will you fix our broken immigration system? despite that we have not advanced one single immigration related bill that addresses any one of the flaws in the immigration system to the floor of the house this entire legislative session. so our pasheens is wearing thin, mr. speaker. and i have great respect for you, mr. speaker, for the majority leader, mr. cantor. great respect. and i understand it's the prerogative of the majority party to control the bills that are being debated on the floor. but in the absentence of leadership, mr. speaker, in the absence of you bringing a bill forward that allows us to fix our broken immigration system, we the members of this body, democratic and republican, have no choice but to take it upon ourselves to bring this issue forward to the floor of the house. i'm going to tell you a little bit about, mr. speaker, the w

mr. goodlatte from ohio, who has been an extraordinary member of our team in working on this and other major communications policies going forward, play a key role tomorrow when we were other haur -- when we have our hearing and with that i would now recognize the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta, for such time as he may consume. mr. latta: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i really appreciate it and i appreciate all the hard work you've done on this legislation. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 3675, the federal communications commission process reform act of 2013. the communications industry represents a promising sector of our economy has that fostered widespread investment, innovation, job creation and greater consumer choice. as the industry evolves and makes unprecedented technological advancements, the possibilities for future innovation and modernization are endless. as members of congress, we have to ensure that businesses and entrepreneurs are equipped with the opportunity and flexibility to continue making that sustained progress. the f.c.c. process reform act should f