mr. teague: mr. chairman, may i ask for a roded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new mexico will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 22 printed in house report 111-256. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. miller: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of term for two minutes. the chair: without objection. mr. miller: mr. chairman, it is now time, as the chair has noted, to amendment number 15 by mr. souder. my understanding is that mr. souder will not be offering that amendment, that he and mr. perlmutter, the gentleman from colorado, have had discussions around this amendment and they have agreed that we should work this out in the conference committee. i have agreed to their discussions, and they're pursuing those at this time. >> will the gentleman yield? mr. miller: i'd be happy to yield. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. miller. mr. souder and i had a conversation. i think we'll reach a goo