mr. inslee for five minutes. >> thank you, madame, administrator. i want to first thank you for your work. i have a new 3-week-old granddaughter and i don't think there's anyone doing more to make sure she has clean air to breathe and clean water to drink and swim in. i just want to thank you for your work. and i want to ask you a question about the rfs 2 proposal in relationship to trying to get cellulosic biofuels into the market. i know this is something you've been wrestling with. i wonder if you have any thoughts about how we could help the industry expedite the entry of those products into the market either by rule making or otherwise? do you have any thoughts about that? >> i do believe epa is through most of its required work on the renewable fuel standard setting the required volumes for various fuels from various feed stocks. we've also processed and i think through reviewing a request to increase the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline the e-15 waiver. you know, the actual marketing of gasoline is beyond simply the scope of our agency

mr. inslee: madam speaker, i rise today to honor the united states navy who under the leadership of secretary lee mavis are doing a fantastic job developing clean, green sources of energy for the united states navy and eventually the world. the navy is already flying the blue angels on biofuels. it is charging our communication equipment in afghanistan with solar energy. it is on a path to half of its energy coming from clean sources by 2020 and the great green fleet by 2016. in my state we're building whole industries around this. targeted growth, general biofuels, boeing, alaska airlines. we can power the future with clean energy that the navy is leading the way. the university of washington is doing great work. i know there is one great former washington state student who's helping on this effort and her name's trudy. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? mrs. capps: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. capps: mr. speaker, i ri

mr. inslee, the whole number of the house is now 432. the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, as the bagpipes played in the background, the black cloth of sacrifice was draped over the badges of houston first responders yesterday. senior captain thomas "bill" dillon of the houston fire department was rushing into a house fire on march 14 when he apparently died of a heart attack. captain dillon was 49 years of age and 23 years with the houston fire department. he had three children. with somber respect, hundreds of texas firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, and citizens attended his funeral. mr. speaker, 300 firefighters from other towns in texas volunteered their time to fill in at houston fire department stations so houston firefighters