mr. grijalva: continue to reserve, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: may i inquire how many more speakers -- you are the last one? mr. bishop: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from utah reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. . grink grijalva as we talked about -- mr. grijalva: as we talked bout h.r. -- this bill, it went nowhere in two congresses. as a consequent we not confront the issue of appropriate and necessary funding for the forest service to conduct wildfire suppression. that is the gap in this. in this flawed attempt to try to fix that -- fix the funding issue does not. fact, congress has provided restoring ecological balance on lands. congress should fix the wildfire budget. that's the issue. not use this as leverage to subsidize the timber industry and also overturn essential environmental laws. -- an an tack on nepa, attack on nepa, the endangered species act, the antiquities attack and continues the process of fire borrowing. h.

mr. grijalva called it? >> it's really hard to say.he president made remarks there's a potential deal to be had earlier this year with democrats. he seems to have backed off of that a little bit. republicans certainly are hesitant to bring up -- introduce a imglation issue -- immigration issue into their overall spending. and also to tax reform. their preference would be just get the government funded for at least a few months and then kick that can down the road while they can address tax reform they feel is something they can run on in 2018. >> speaking of running on in 2018, how important is the alabama outcome going to be to both parties' hopes going forward following on the tails of virginia and new jersey? >> we were told that democrats will wraparound every republican candidates' neck. >> if he wins. >> if he wins. even if he wins there obviously is some doubt he would be around very long as republicans are suggesting. they may try to push him through ethics investigations and removal. t anything the party says or does will be a

mr. grijalva is recognized. mr. grijalva: let me just close by saying that this precedent eing set here with 3905 is a precedent that i think every member of congress needs to consider. the backdrop is the mining law of 1872 that hasn't been changed since then that basically provides the public resources and extraction of our public lands for free to any company and more prevalent now are foreign mining companies. no return to the taxpayer. no consequences are considered under environmental damage that these mines have caused, the abandonned mines that haven't been cleaned up. this is a backdrop to a more serious problem that this congress has to grapple with. on this piece of legislation, this can be destructive for the future and cut the public and the process -- cut processes that involve the public and safeguard the enretirement at the same time. i urge a yes vote on my amendment. and a no vote on the underlying legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. gosa

mr. grijalva: the process in place right now are to assess risk factors. untitle 5 we waive the process of risk factoring, how would you contemplate assessing risks? >> this process submitted through title 5 it came with its permitting in place. mr. bishop: mr. lamborn. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for having this important hearing. i appreciate your commitment to making puerto rico more successful. no one should question your commitment toe that -- to that. i share your disappointment all the invited witnesses were not here today. mr. zamota, i would like to ask you questions about electricity generation. i know you are provisional so far. hopefully can you help us on these questions. is it safe in assuming pretty much 100% of the electricity generated in puerto rico today oil?om burning field >> 96%. there is approximately 4% that is renewables in puerto rico right now. mr. lamborn: fuel oil is very expensive and very dirty. >> that is correct. mr. lamborn: i like the plan. think you said by 2040 50% renewables, 50% natural gas through

mr. grijalva. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed. to ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on adoption of the amendment will be followed by five-minute votes on a motion to recommit if ordered, passage of the bill, if ordered, ordering the previous question on house resolution 635, and adopting house resolution 635 if order. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on t

mr. jeffries: i thank the distinguished gentlelady from california, for yielding, for her leadership. as well as for her support. in addition to ranking members grijalva, chairman bishop, chairman lamalfa, and the entire committee for moving this bill expeditiously to the house floor. and for their leadership and partnership in this regard. i also want to thank my good friend and fellow judiciary committee member, congressman chabot, for his support, leadership and co-sponsorship of this legislation. words definitely matter. they can cause great harm and division. particularly when they are invetted in federal statute. so this step that we're taking today as it relates to the 21st century respect act is important as a symbol from this congress, the people's house, to the nation, that we can come together. that we're all fellow americans. hat outdated, antiquated and racially stereotypical terms like negro and eskimo and oriental are not appropriate at this time in america. they reflect a more divisive bygone era. i'm thankful for all of my colleagues for coming together in this regard. . small but meaningful step an era otherwise characterized by grea