mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, for the purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart. all time yielded during consideration of this rule is for debate only. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i also ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on house resolution 1017. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, house resolution 1017 provides for three measures dealing with water rights settlements. each bill is to be considered under a structured amendment process. the rule provides for the consideration of h.r. 3254, the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement act, h.r. 3342, the aamodt litigation settlement act, and h.r. 1065, the white mountain apache tribe water rights quantification act of 2009. each hour has one hour of general debate to be controlled by the chairman on natural resources. it self-executes a

mr. mcgovern: mr.r, it has now been two weeks since the 7.0 earthquake that struck haiti on the afternoon of january 12. over these past 14 days we have seen pictures of the devastation of port-au-prince and the surrounding communities. estimates of the number of dead continue to rise, and the injured in the capital alone is already in the tens of thousands. many needing sophisticated medical care. people live in the streets and open spaces, fearful of the daily aftershocks. the very basics of life, water, food and shelter are absent or in short supply. we watch in anguish as we watch the newly orphaned children in which they already had 400,000 orphans. the newspaper said the deaths of so many teachers and students have occurred. nearly every haitian family in the affected areas have suffered a loss of at least one loved one. and while our own u.s. embassy staff and aid agencies worked around the clock to respond to the crisis, each and every one of them are also dealing with their own shock and grief

mr. mcgovern. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being with us today.f ohio. our unemployment number just came out for the state. we are going up. we are upç to 10.9% in the sta. my districtç is even worse because of the manufacturing that we have. i have four of 16 counties at 14%. when you talk about a slow growth in job recovery, i can see it because every week i'm home i try to get out across my district and my manufacturers are hanging on by their will do for them and i can't tell them. it is tough because you talk about these plans that we are not going to see the recovery come quickly because you are right, a lot of plants are down to 32 hoursç to save their brother and sister next to them on each machine. they have said what do we do and cut down toçi] 32 hours in a lç them and you havew3ç plant mans cleaning bathrooms and outside contractors no longer working at the plants. so you have more unemployment. and you have more unemployment. but, you know, when i look at your testimony today, and it is sobering, you know, the question when you l