mr. hinojosa, for five minutes. mr. hinojosa: perm five -- i request permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: so granted. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i rise today for two reasons. the first is to thank my colleagues here in the house of representatives and, secondly, to ask for their continued assistance. as many of you may know, hurricane alex hit south texas the first week of july. it was followedby a subsequent tropical storm that dropped more than a foot of rain on my region, which is covered and -- whicis represented by congressman ortiz, cuellar and myself. even more rain, 30 inches fell in the mountains of monterrey, mexico. and over the next two weeks, the rio grande river swelled to record levels causing flooding along the u.s.-mexico border in texas. the texas border from laredo to brownsville is home for over two million people. the internationabridges in this region carry thbulk of u.s. land trade between the united states and mexico. the border region is primarily protected b

mr. hinojosa of texas for monday, july 13, and the balance of the week. he speaker pro tempore: without objection, ordered. the request is granted. is there a motion to adjourn in mr. gohmert: i move that we do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the motion is agreed to. the ayes have it and the motion will call the this is 30 minutes. >> ok, good afternoon, everyone. welcome to today's operational update here at lake front airport in new orleans, louisiana. today's update will follow the standard format, we'll take questions from the room followed by questions from the phoneline. at this point, i'll introduce admiral allen. >> thank you. thanks for coming here to lakefront airport. i returned a short while ago from a visit out to the well site with secretary salazar, secretary of the interior. we are on the this he lick producer one, the production platform we have brought on to be able to increase our production. this is the first time a floating p