mr. pearce: but in all of that we see the inspirational actions of our first responders, volunteers, people who came out and worked around the clock to prvide help for their neighbors. in one instance, neabs knew that a young couple was away from home, took pickup trucks and unloaded their house, moved it to safety before it washed off its foundation. these are the things that make america great. these are the things that make new mexico great. any time we see calamity, we have the opportunity to see the other side of america and it shines brightly. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> today, mr. speaker, a young man was sentenced because he listened to the propaganda of an organization i consider a

mr. pearce, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will resume on those amendments printed in house report 113-214 on which further proceed wrgs postpone. amendment number one by mr. lowenthal of california, amendment number two by mr. veasey of texas, mr. amendment number three by mr. hastings of florida. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote for the amendment printed in house report 113-214 on which further proceed wrgs postponed on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number one printed in house report 113-214 offered by mr. lowenthal of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be count asmed sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the nat

mr. pearce from new mexico. the chair: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized for one minute. mr. pearce: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to speak on this bipartisan bill that brings commonsense management back to our forests. since tom tidwell took over the forest, he said that he would like to reintroduce fire into the wild. well, he's done that. this year almost 10 million acres, more than twice the size of new jersey, in the year since 2009 when he took over, larger than ohio, 27 million acres have burned in our national forests. instead, this bill creates jobs. bs in places like new mexico where matt allen used to have a thriving mill but now survives on cutting one-by-four timber boards out of the logs he's able to take out of the forest. our streams are choked with mud, habitat is devastated. a 75-foot deep lake in new mexico that provides drinking water to the city -- to a city has 50 feet of fill in that 70-foot lake. our fish are dead, the streams are dead, choked with mud because the head of the u.s. forest service has led -- says let it burn instea

mr. pearce: thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for yielding and his work on behalf of h.r. 1526. new mexico is the home to multiple national forests. we see firsthand the effect of our national forest service policy. last year, in the middle of the year, fire broke out, four acres, two, three days. the forest service policy was basically let it burn. they let it burn three, four days and the winds got up as they do in new mexico always and blew that fire into 10,000 acres almost immediately. started burning down homes, 255 homes burned. it's at that point we began to speak publicly about the forest service policies that would create infernos in our western forests. formerly, we had a policy of the rule that was if you get a fire, you put it out by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. if you're not successful, then it's 10:00 a.m. the next day. you dedicate the resources you can to putting out the fire. those policies have been amended by current chief tom tidwell saying we are going to let them burn. we are wondering if the trees will survive this forest service policy. many of the fires in the