mr. landry regarding aerial vehicles. an amendment by mr. -- by mr. loebsack limiting funds to ignite assistance obligated by fema. an amendment by mr. meehan regarding boko haram. an amendment by ms. moore under the immigration and nationality act. an amendment by mr. murphy of pennsylvania regarding air marshall service. an amendment by mr. -- air marshal service. an amendment by mr. pierluisi. an amendment by mr. polis regarding across the board reduction. an amendment by mr. price of georgia regarding immigration

mr. landry: how much time do i have left? the chair: 2 1/2 minutes. mr. landry: the mitigation banks can sell land. we have parishes in louisiana that understand that the federal government doesn't have any more money. the residents of those parishes have taxed themselves to protect themselves from storms and yet the formula that the corps is using is driving the cost of these projects to a point where they can't build them anymore. but yet some in this body will argue that after hurricanes come in, after hurricanes affect louisiana's coast they don't want to pour the money in to rebuild those communities. those communities are trying to protect themselves at a time when the federal government has told them know as a source of funding. and yet now, the federal government is going to change the rules. it just doesn't work in louisiana. and for that, i urge my colleagues to help me pass this amendment. i also, mr. chairman, would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record -- the chair: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. landry: i ask unanimous con

mr. landry: department of transportation, is my understanding. mr. olver: are they in the businessf writing rules requiring this? my competent staff tells me that we have been requiring this in the mexican trucking controversy over the past few years. well, we have been fighting over that one back and forth for years and years now and i can't remember there was that sort of thing there. i don't remember it having come up before at any point. i yield back the time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. olver: i ask for a recorded vote on this issue. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment.

mr. landry of louisiana. amendment number 17 by mr. rigell of virginia. amendment number 18 by mr. holt of new jersey. amendment number 19 by mr. wittman of virginia. amendment 21 by mrs. bass of california. amendment number 23 by mrs. capps of california. amendment number 25 by ms. speier of california. amendment number 26 by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-540 by the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-540 offered by mr. hastings of washington. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support for the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic

mr. landry. mr. landry: thank you, mr. graves. a -- and mr. huelskamp was just so on the mark. i would venture to say that today's ruling actually extinguishing the fire of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. it destroys life and liberty and that pursuit. the question today for this country can best be summed up by president ronald reagan when he said back in the 1960's, in a speech, will history write that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent it from happening? this is a sad and tragic day for the constitution. where is the limits of our government? while the court has answered that the commerce clause does have its limits, and gives us that ruling, it takes away by saying that congress has unlimited taxing power. so it limits or unlimited. i guess that congress now, when it sees fit to regulate an issue, an indury, need only now to turn to its taxing power, as mr. huelskamp said. this law was sold to us as a mandate. and not a tax. and it was reaffirmed by the president that this is not a tax. but yet when it's -- when the arguments were made to its

mr. landry of louisiana. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. landry: this amendment is simple, it seeks to improve the environment by assuring that those states that allow offshore drilling are allowed to keep more revenue from off their shores. we passed the historic gulf of mexico act that allows states to share in the royalties from offshore drilling. however the act only provided 37.5% of the revenue to the states and then capped the states at no more than a collective $500 million per year. condition versely, the mineral leasing act requires the federal government to give 50% of the energy revenue generate opped federal lands to states in which it is generated. in louisiana we wholly support offshore drilling. but we are proud to supply 80% of our nation's offshore energy. why should we not share in this? my amendment moves the share of drilling into line with the on shore drilling. my amendment does not impact on shore producing states. if your state is receiving revenue om on shore energy production, now, my amendment does nothing to chan

mr. landry. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for one minute. mr. landry: thank you, mr. speaker. here are some facts. an estimated 13 million americans are out of work. the state of colorado's unemployment is 1.8% which correlates with the -- 8.1% which correlates with the nation's unemployment rate. in 1995, the state of north dakota's estimated reserves were 151 million barrels. today, those reserves have been increased to 4.2 billion barrels of oil, but yet -- and so -- but yet today the state of north dakota's unemployment rate is 3%. what do those facts tell us? those facts tell us that drilling equals jobs, mr. speaker, and it's very simple. in north dakota, they are drilling on private lands, they are driving unemployment rates down. please, if the president wants a jobs plan, it is here, and i urge all members to vote for this bill. thank you. the chair: does the gentleman from illinois continue to reserve? mr. rush: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from colorado. mr. gardner: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i

mr. landry in section 801 of the energy independence and security act of 2007. an amendment by mr. luetkemeyer limiting funds for the study of conducted pursuant to section 5018-a-1 of the water resources development act of 2007. an amendment by mr. luetkemeyer regarding funds for the study authorized in section 108 of the energy and water development and related energies appropriations act, 2009. an amendment by mr. lujan regarding funding levels for defense environmental cleanup. an amendment by mrs. lummis regarding uranium. an amendment by mr. mcintyre, termination of periodic nourishment of water resource development projects. an amendment by mr. mulvaney regarding an across the board reduction. an amendment by mr. pearce regarding funding levels for defense environmental cleanup. an amendment by mr. polis regarding funding levels for weapons activities which shall be debatable for 20 minutes. an amendment by mr. reed regarding funding levels for nondefense environmental cleanup. an amendment by mr. rohrabacher limiting funds for china cleanup center. an amendment by ms. sanch

mr. landry regarding aerial vehicles. an amendment by mr. -- by mr. loebsack limiting funds to ignite assistance obligated by fema. an amendment by mr. meehan regarding boko haram. an amendment by ms. moore under the immigration and nationality act. an amendment by mr. murphy of pennsylvania regarding air marshall service. an amendment by mr. -- air marshal service. an amendment by mr. pierluisi. an amendment by mr. polis regarding across the board reduction. an amendment by mr. price of georgia regarding immigration laws. an amendment by mr. ryan of ohio regarding visas. an amendment by mr. schweikert regarding the secured communities program. an amendment by mr. sullivan regarding section 287-g of the immigration and nationality act. an amendment by mr. thompson of california regarding deportation of certain aliens. an amendment by mr. turner of new york regarding surface transportation and security inspectors. an amendment by mr. walsh of illinois regarding software licenses. and at each further amendment may be offered only by the member named in

mr. landry of louisiana. the chair: the question is on adoption of the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on the amendments on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. an amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. amendment number 13 by mr. mcclintock of california. and amendment by mr. lankford of oklahoma. amendment 9 by mr. denham of california. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by the the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. th