mr. lowenthal: thank you, mr. chair. just want to comment that risks due to flooding, stronger storms, climate change are not putting the cart before the horse. we're, and i'm simply asking that we don't waste taxpayers' money by not considering these risks. this is a fiscally sound amendment, and i urge an aye vote and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. marino: i yield back. the chair: all time having expired the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. lowenthal: i ask for a recorded vote, mr. chair. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in house report 114-261. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. grij

mr. lowenthal of california. amendment number 3 by mr. grijalva of arizona. amendment number 4 by mr. gallego of arizona. amendment number 5 by ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment number 6 by mrs. dingell of michigan. amendment number 7 by mr. peters of california. amendment number 8 by mr. gosar of arizona. amendment number 9 by ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment number 10 by mr. johnson of georgia. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 114-261 by the gentleman from california, mr. lowenthal, 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 2, printed in house report number 114-261, offered by mr. lowenthal of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having is n, a recorded vote order

mr. lowenthal: there is more frequent flooding that's going to be occurring now because of climate change. we're already seeing sea level rise, that is without doubt, and that has resulted in the frequency of nuisance flooding in coastal communities. cities across america are experiencing nuisance flooding. you know, there's a rise in flooding between -- nuisance flooding between 1960 and the present of up to 900% throughout the country, from 300% to 900%, it's more often. when rising sea levels combined with natural climate patterns like this year's el nino, even higher rates of nuisance flooding will occur. for example, in my district, nuisance flooding threatens my entire long beach peninsula and the alameda area, flooded roads means a loss of work or school days and eroded beaches can have a negative impact upon property values. today's floods are tomorrow's high tides. that's why congress must act on climate change. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i ask unani

mr. lowenthal. mr. lowenthal: thank you, ranking member grijalva, for calling us together, for this special order hour, to highlight the need for the land water conservation fund. and for your leadership in seeking a permanent re-authorization of the land and water conservation fund. thank you again. you know, the land and water -- as has been pointed out, the land and water conservation fund is far and away our nation's most important conservation program. the lwcf is a popular and successful bipartisan program for the conservation and protection of america's , eplaceable natural historic, cultural and outdoor landmarks. over its 50-year history, the fund has conserved more than five million acres for parks, for recreation, for forests, for refuges, and for other land through the federal program. but that's just part of the lwcf. it is also more than 2.6 million acres that has been spent or has been saved in communities throughout every state in the nation. it has conserved iconic landscapes in every st