mr. whitfield: yes, mr. speaker. i make a motion that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands in -- adjourned until noon on monday next for morning hour debate. failed earlier today. house was looking for some movement in the senate. however there still is a separate group of bipartisan senators. we'll keep you updated. do have a phone from nile in los angeles, or louisiana, sorry. >> yeah, it's louisiana. >> thanks. and you're on the democrats line. go ahead and let us know your thoughts on the shutdown, again day 12. >> this is my opinion. the president is who i'm blaming. he should -- this obamacare, that is a bunch of bull. he's making people do what he wants them to do. host: no, you go ahead. caller: it seems to me like he's shoving everything down our throats, the middle class people, and these exempt companies. i wonder how much kickback he's . tting off of these companies host: so what do

mr. whitfield, for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. whitfield: thank you. i also want to thank chairman shuster and chairman gibbs and mr. rahall and mr. bishop for bringing this important legislation to the floor and also want to thank their staffs. this innovative legislation is vitally important to the economic well-being of our country because we have to have a strong inland waterways system in order to be competitive in the global marketplace. setting a priority for inland waterway projects, reforming the u.s. army corps of engineers project delivery midwests and freeing up money in the inland waterway trust fund for these projects is vitally important. that's what this legislation does. i also want to thank the committee for including some of the ways for language used to improve the inland waterway system. that bill was introduced in the house and in the senate. some of the provisions are in here. also, want to thank the committee for including language supporting our nation's small ports and harbors. also, for their commitment t