mr. walden: it appears, mr. speaker, that our other speaker isn't going to be able to join us so i yield back the balance of my time and encourage my members of both sides of the aisle of the house to improve this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california. mrs. capps: i am also prepared to yield back the balance of my time and encourage my colleagues to vote for h.r. 1343. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 134 as amended -- 1343 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. . in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill spassed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to

mr. walden. he was the son of former slaves and sharecroppers.e studied at atlanta university with debbie db2 boys. he went on to graduate from honors -- with honors from michigan. he is little known today, but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers, including vernon jordan, lawyer, counsel to presidents who i'm sure some of you have heard of the. jordan called walden so impressive. he said ago, i want to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and the black college presidents prioritize voting rights as the path to black power. and here we see walden challenging the so-called white primary, applause, the tradition of excluding african-americans from the vote in georgia and elsewhere. and here is the result of his activism. in 1946 after the fall of the white primary, blacks lined up all over the streets in atlanta eager to exercise the franchise. and get walden and others were called a comb

mr. walden: thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i want to touch on a couple things. first of all, you can tell we're into october and halloween is coming because all the scare tactics are out and on display. we heard several things from the last speaker and since i'm from the state of oregon i want to point out, you mentioned that the biggest pollutant of mercury in oregon is the cement kiln. why is that? because we only have one coal plant and it's being closed. so that's it. and the cement factory in oregon, which is in my district, a county of 16,000, three years ahead of any of these rules invested $20 million in the latest, most advanced technology to remove their pollutants from -- reduce their emissions, $20 million, they've reduced their emissions by 90%, and what they rule would do, the mact rule under consideration here that we're trying to delay and bring common sense to, it would put them out of business. because they're already using the maximum achievable control technology that's available in the world. they've reduced their emissions by over 90% on a

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