mr. huffman: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i want to begin by thanking two of my colleagues, ms. herrera nd butler for their hard work. i have been collaborating with them on this and related efforts to bring relief to our west coast fishermen. it would defer for one year the collection of a cost recovery fee in the west coast program and provide relief to ground fish fishermen facing mounting costs at a time they can ill afford t the west coast ground fish industry has been rebuilding its stocks for stefrl years. they have made hard decisions and faken marched cuts to ensure the long-term sustainability of that fishery. they should be commended for that. one aspect of that rebuilding plan was the adoption of program -- mr. wolf: if the gentleman would yield. mr. huffman: managing and that was implemented this year. mr. wolf: if the gentleman would yield. we accept the amendment. it the chair: the gentleman from california controls the time. mr. huffman: i thank the gentleman. the chair: does the gentleman yield back

mr. hastings of florida, huffman, tonko, and cartwright, and we rise because, unfortunately, this bill fails to make the critical investments that are needed to further our understanding of the spheric -- at moss spheric changes -- atmospheric changes we know are affecting our planet. it would cut climate research in the next fiscal year buy $37.5 million below the current year or $69 million below what the president is asking for. noaa climate research funds atmospheric and oceanic research, climate research laboratories, cooperative institutes, regional climate data, and information, competitive climate research, global data collection, and sharing. as the climate changes, we will continue to experience deeper droughts, more intense wildfires, more frequent storms and floods, superstorms like hurricane sandy, higher sea levels, bigger storm surges. would we not want to understand what's going on? it's ironic that as members here tonight are trying to outdo each other in supporting weather research, they propose to cut climate research. i suppose when we come back to n.i.h. they will be tri