mr. larson of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. larson: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, mr. lynch, chairman, you've done an outstanding job, along with the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz in outlining what this bill does. before i begin, i'd like to thank, because this has been such a nonpartisan effort in so many respects and a commitment on first and foremost on the part of the oversight committee to take a bill whose genesis evolved out of the last session and make it a better bill and perfect it. to those ends, along with mr. lynch and mr. chaffetz, i would especially like to thank chairman ed towns. mr. towns has down such a great job in marshaling this bill forward, along with diane watson, and i'd further like to thank on their staff mike mccarthy, adam boards of the oversight committee, austin burns in the majority leader's staff, barney frank, mel watt, and dennis moore for their ongoing efforts to reform the regulation of our markets

mr. larson, an outstanding leader of the democratic party. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. larson: i thank the distinguished chairman and mr. speaker. it's been an interesting day listening to the claims imnated from the other -- emanated from the other side of the aisle, claims of being forth right. we had the president of the previous administration, president bush stood on the floor and claimed our addiction to oil. and everybody put their head in the sand, did nothing. as we continue to send and export american dollars overseas. we send american taxpayer dollars overseas. to russia, to saudi arabia, to libya, to venezuela, all the people that you have chimed in about today.

mr. larson, and the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. larslars mr. speaker, i ask -- mr. larsen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extends their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. larsen: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i rise today recognizing the numerous contributions of the recreational boating community and the boating industry to the continuing prosperity and affluence of the united states. this bipartisan resolution was introduced by representatives ron klein of florida and henry brown of south carolina, along with the could he chairs of the boating caucus,. house resolution 410 honors the 59 million boaters in the united states. as evidenced by the bipartisan co-sponsors to this resolution, american boaters span all across american boaters span all across the country, including my