mr. mcnerney. mr. mcnerney: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to offer an amendment to h.r. 3964, which i urge all of my colleagues to support. as my colleagues know, i'm honored to represent the people of san joaquin delta. the delta is a precious resource that provides tremendous economic benefits to our entire state. preserving the delta should be a priority for all of california. now, agriculture is the backbone of the delta region. generating about $3 billion of economic activity a year in my district. $3 billion is a lot of money for us. and our producers rely on high-quality water for their products. as currently written, h.r. 3964 will ship more water out of the delta, even though the current shipments have already threatened that water quality for our delta farmers. during debate on this legislation in the previous congress, we were told that the bill was a great deal for the delta and yet delta counties opposed the legislation. and we still strongly oppose the legislation now. that's because this bill, as governor brown says, wi

mr. mcnerney the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize for two minutes. mr. mcnerney: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'm opposed to h.r. 3964 for a variety of reasons but primarily because it does nothing to raise california's drought. i'd like to raise two points about the bill's process and debate. i offered an amendment to subset provisions of this bill in the 2015 water year. i did this because the bill's authors stated the bill is intended to be a short-term measure. and yet my amendment to limit the duration of the bill was prevented from coming to the floor for debate. i offered another amendment which was actually proposed by the bill's authors, a few weeks ago, the speaker, the majority whip, and the bill's authors held a press conference in california where they bemoaned the fact that the senate would not come to the negotiating table to address long-term water shortage issues. i agree with them that a bipartisan discussion in both houses of congress is appropriate. and that's why i offered an amendment using their own suggestions to establish a

mr. mcnerney: in particular, last may with the help of an online collaborative project, mathematicians pioneered new methods for addressing this problem with the huge breakthrough from tom zang at the university of new hampshire. we now know there are an infinite number of prime number pairs separated by amounts smaller than 270. while the twin prime problem itself is still unsolved, mathematicians are hopeful that this year they can reduce the separation from 270 to less than 100. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of the a-10 and air support for our war fighters. hundreds of brave americans are alive today because of the performance of the a-10 in iraq and afghanistan. mrs. hartzler: i agree with the army chief of staff who said in a hearing, the a-10 is the best close air support platform we have today.