mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4924, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4924, a bill to direct the secretary of the interior to enter into the big sandy river-planet ranch water rights settlement agreement and the hualapai tribe bill williams river water rights settlement agreement, to provide for the lease of ertain land located within planet ranch on the bill williams river in the state of arizona to benefit the lower colorado river multi-species conservation program, and to provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the bill williams river watershed in the state of -- planet ranch on the bill williams river in the state of arizona to benefit the lower colorado river multi-species conservation program, and to provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the bill williams river watershed in the state of colorado and provide for the settlelement of specific water righ

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass s. 1000. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. you the clerk: senate 1000, an act to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the chesapeake bay watershed and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. first, mr. speaker, i'd like to commend congressman wittman, the author of the house companion bill,

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 3979 pursuant to house resolution 770 the clerk be instructed to make correction. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the correction. the clerk: in section 350 of the house amendments, strike 2013 and insert 2014. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, seek recognition? mr. hastings: mr. speaker, prount to house resolution 770, i call up h.r. 5781, the california emergency drought relief act of 2014, and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. h.r. 5781, a bill to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken california. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 770, the amendment printed in part c of house report 113-646 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. the gentleman f

mr. hastings aye, mr. polis, no. >> i move the committee make an order and give the necessary waivers to the house amendment number 15 which would strike language included in the bill that suspends dot provisions requiring drivers to be off and also strikes language that suspends the requirement that 168 hours, seven days elapse before a driver can start a new week. i would just say to my colleagues that this was, this, again, does not belong in this appropriations bill. al but this, according to highway safety advocates, would result in making our roads more dangerous, and according to the teamsters and various truck driving associations, that this is something that would be dangerous. >> the vote -- those in favor signify by aye. >> ms. fox, no. mr. bishop no. mr. cole, no. mr. woodall, no. mr. webster, no. mr. burgess, no. ms. slaughter, aye. mr. hastings, aye. mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> four yays, nine nays. >> one final amendment mr. chairman, i move the committee make an order and give to t

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 5781, the california emergency ought relief act of 2014, as introduced by our colleague from california, mr. valadao. today the house meets once again to provide a solution to the ongoing water crisis in california. the house has been on record twice to provide solutions, and here we are and we must act again. although this bill is different from the two prior attempts and reflects significant bipartisan progress towards enacting a solution, we must provide relief, even if it's short-term relief, before this congress adjourns. it is unacceptable for us to give up when californians are starving and their communities are literally drying up. like california, my central washington district is heavily dependent on irgaited water to support our local economy and our agriculture industry. i understand the importance of having a stable, reliable water source, and i also understand the economic devastation that is caused when the water supply is shut

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from california, a member of the resources committee, mr. lamalfa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. chairman for working on this important topic. i'm a former -- farm for the northern california, and to hear talk of the water wars being reignited, it's been a war, but the people in the valley haven't had the weapons to be in a water war. hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water have been diverted for other uses other than what's going on in the valley. you see these folks here. powerful, small people, was how legislators looked at us in the valley. these folks standing here in the unemployment line look powerful to you? do the farmers who have been fighting against this year after year look powerful to you? this measure here today would help everybody in california, the state water project or central valley proj

mr. hastings: mr.peaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5742. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5742, a bill to provide to the secretary of interior a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of ca-22901,ca-20139 and and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and includeheir remarks and extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, we are here today to address the soledad canyon settlement act, h.r. 5742, as introduced by our colleague

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i would advise through you my good friend from texas that i'm the last speaker and i'm prepared to close if he's prepared to close. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman and that will be fine. we've had our speakers and so i'll let the gentleman proceed as he's suggested. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: then i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: i certainly don't intend to use that much time, but i do wish to point out, mr. speaker, since there has been discussion regarding the changes that are extraneous to the base bill, more specifically the changes with reference to dodd-frank and other changes that senate included in the measure that has now come to the house. my understanding is, and i stand to be corrected, that the changes that were made in the senate were not measures having it eal with dodd-frank, and appears that's where the prov

mr. hastings, to suspend the rules and pass s. 2040 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: an act to exchange trust and fee land to resolve land disputes created by the realignment of the black foot river along the boundary of the fort hall indian reservation, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. 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 this vote the yeas are 414. the nays are none. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the mo

mr. hastings remembers a speech that the longtime chairman here -- if i can remember his name from new yorkired the -- yeah. anyway, there was a great speecj given about what do you got in your hand. it was a vote. that's it. that's all we got. and i just -- i'm disturbed that we can't always exercise that vote. it does bother me a lot. i don't know exactly what to do about it. i don't want to be a pessimist. i'm a very optimistic person about everything. but i would say that i'm not so sure that any of that's going to change. and so just as mr. king four years ago offered an amendment on a bill in the first week of session after we gained a majority and were told we can't do it then, are you back for the same one? i don't know. it's been four years. we still haven't done it. so i hope that's not the case here. i do. i really hope we can take our cards, pull them out and use them every chance we get for as many amendments as we offer. i have said over and over again, let's just start at 8:00 in the morning and work until 6:00 every night and work until we're done and take up every one of th

mr. hastings remembers that the longtime chairman here, if i can remember his name, from new york, -- yeah. anyway, there was a great speech given about -- what have you got in your hand? that was a vote, that is it. i am disturbed that we can't always exercise that vote. it does bother me a lot. i don't know what to do about it. i don't want to be a pessimist, i am a very optimistic person, but i would say that i am not so sure that any of that is going to change. but -- just as this bachmann offered an amendment on the bill in the first week's session after we gained a majority, we were told we can't do it then. are you back for the same one? i don't know. we still haven't done it. i hope that is not the case here. we can actually take our cards out and use them every chance we get for as many amendments as we offer. --ave said over and over let's start at 8:00 in the morning and work to 6:00 every night, and take up every one of these issues every time we get a chance, and don't leave the most important issues to the end. i remember one time i learned my lesson about how legislative bod

mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for two minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, title 30 of ndaa represents a bipartisan agreement on provisions under the jurisdiction of the house natural resources committee and the senate energy and natural resources committee. this agreement represents a balanced approach to public lands management. it will create thousands of new jobs, support energy and mineral projections, transfer land out of federal ownership and protect treasured lands through the establishment of several locally supported parks and wilderness areas. a few highlights of this agreement include opening the world's third largest undeveloped resource in arizona, boosting american energy production on federal lands by reducing bureaucratic permit processing delays, reducing grazing permit backlogs on federal lands and increasing private funding for -- of national parks. the agreement designates less than 250,000 ache aers of wilderness, the designations however protect private p

mr. hastings. helping those with rare diseases is a cause worth supporting, and i am proud to have introduced the open act. thank you and i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from illinois, ms. kelly, for five minutes. ms. kelly: mr. speaker, i rise to take note of the historic gains our economy made last month. with the recent addition of 314,000 new jobs, unemployment under 6% and the best single year job creation since the 1990's, our economic future looks bright. but we still have work to create a better economic future for american families. i recently held my second annual hiring event where 400 job seekers met with 75 employers looking to hire. i also hosted five job search taught them ere we how to prepare a resume and strategies for successfully hiring event. my home is home to many innovative centers that will serve as engines and driving america's economy. i recently went to the kankakee career cent

mr. heck: i thank the gentlelady from washington state. i rise to acknowledge, thank, and pay tribute to the service of richard "doc" hastings on behalf of the people of this country and washington state. i've had the privilege of knowing him 35 years. ith perverse reference to mr. i served in the washington state house of representatives and we overlapped and someone who wears ifferent color jers eyes, -- jersies, materially different world views. with doc, it was never ever, ever, ever personal. he has a kind word and a ready smile for people. doc's finishing up 10 terms, 20 years in this chamber and i don't know that i ever adequately thanked him for being the very first person to come to my office and stepped his hand in friendship and offered to help me in any way he could two years ago, something that he probably doesn't remember. so natural an act it was for him but so meaningful for me. les tmp i leave the wropping impression of the differences doc and i have, i want to assert, he can be as good an ally as he can be, an honorable adverse sear. the gentlelady from washington state has mentioned several of the days that congressman hac

counterpart, congressman hastings in the house, we met on several occasions with our top staff and committed to do all we could to see what was possible. one of the important principles, mr. president, that made this grand compromise possible -- and there are republican bills and democratic bills. it's very well-balanced as between the parties, but also geographically in projects. and expansions of parks, creation of new parks, land transfers. the principles that we followed is it's revenue neutral. some of these bills raise money, some of these bills spend money, and so it is revenue neutral. the taxpayer is going to get i think some extraordinary value in the package that is being presented today. in addition one of the principles that i pushed very strongly is to make sure that this package included opportunities for the development of our natural resources. we are very proud of our wilderness areas, we're very proud of our parks, we're very proud of our areas that are sort of off-limits to economic development, but there are parts of the federal landscape, public lands that should be developed, whether it's forest or oil and gas or hardrock mining, for the benefit of