mr. hoeven: mr. president, i'm pleased to join my colleague for a very important discussion and that's the waters of the u.s., the proposed rule by the e.p.a. the good senator from missouri, myself, the senator from wyoming and -- as has been already said on the floor here about 30 of us in total are proposing an amendment to the sportsmen's bill, which is currently under consideration on the floor here, an amendment that would address the regulatory overreach by the e.p.a.; specifically, their proposed waters of the u.s. regulation. the amendment we have is very simple, very straightforward. it is relevant to the legislation that is currently on the floor and should be brought forward for a vote. it's amendment number 3453 and, as i said, it deals with the waters of the u.s. i'm going to take just a minimum to it in read it because it's very simple and very straightforward and could be dealt with in a very expeditious way. and obviously with, i believe, 29 senators supporting it, it is an amendment