mrs. christensen: i have no objection. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia. such time he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is yielded as much time as he may consume. mr. kingston: i thank the speaker and the gentleman from washington and the gentlewoman from the virgin islands. i had a lot of interest in this bill because i have spent so many wonderful hours at the rocky mountain national park. my family has been going there off and on for nearly 25 years, about once a year. i can tell you there is not a greater playground in the united states of america if you like the outdoors, if you like elk, if you like mule deer, if you like family. if you like to get out and exercise and do the fresh air. i have had the experience of hiking up long peak three times and those of you out west are very familiar. for somebody who comes from zero sea level in savannah, georgia, to go 14,000 feet in

mrs. christensen: thank you, madam speaker. in this time of sadness and fradgedy for the people of haiti and all of us who are their friends, i rise in support of the resolution 1021, expressing our condole essences and solidarity with the people of haiti and their families throughout the area and the people of the u.s. virgin islands join me in these sentiments. on martin luther king day i joined some of our clergy in leading a prayer vigil for the people of haiti and i'm proud to support that of the funding that has been sent, the haiti community's support and teams of doctorses and nurses from my district began a rotation with medical supplies immediately following the quake. on monday a ship normally stationed at an oil refinery on st. croix was commissioned to port-au-prince with several organizations including rotary and a coup led by haitian american, virgin islander. we thank them and the haitian american organization in st. thompson -- thomas -- in st. thomas who have also sent supplies and provided aid underground, in

mrs. christensen: thank you, congresswoman and chairwoman lee, for your leadership of the caucus. through every event that we've had to deal with but especially for the way you have answered the call to action for the people of haiti and have called us to action as well within the caucus and within the congress. and, mr. speaker, i rise this evening with my colleagues, to express our deep sense of concern for the flight of the haitian people after the most devastating, people observed, in 200 or more years. i want to again thank our chair lady and the past chairs of the congressional black caucus for the leadership that they have given other the years on behalf of the nation of haiti. i think we began this year or last year, we began this administration and this congress with hope for this country because of the promised engagement of president obama, he's demonstrated commitment of secretary of state hillary clinton and the work on the ground of former president clinton. but today after beginning to rebuild, after an onslaught of hurricanes in years past, this country, which is p

mrs. christensen, to suspend the rules and agree to h.r. 1020, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1020, resolution honoring the 95th anniversary of the signing of the rocky mountain national park act. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on the resolution the vote is 408 ayes, zero noes. without objection, the 2/3 being in affirmation, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas ri

mrs. christensen: thank you, madam chair, for yielding. thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to speak on behalf of h.r. 3726, a bill that i introduced to establish the castle nugent national historic site on st. croix in my district in the u.s. virgin islands. the introduction of this bill continues as was started in 2006 to build upon that great precedent set by our forefathers when yellowstone in wyoming became the first national park. this will provide an excellent opportunity to preserve a very special and unique landscape for the people of st. croix and visitors to the island for generations to come. h.r. 3726 calls for the preservation of 2,900 lakers which include a caribbean dry forest, pristine coastal barrier coral reef system, and pre-colombian and posteuropean settlement. the property has a long agricultural history dating back to the 1730's where the danish estate house now listed on the national register of historic places was constructed much the farm is one of the last working cattle ranches on st. croix and one of the ranches instrumental in the

christensen. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. stephenson, i know in your return to the service are done in 50 states of the district of columbia, any reason why the territory is not included or are they generally not included in surveys by gao? >> just the methodology we chose. >> but there are not generally excluded? >> no. >> just that in this particular -- >> limit to the amount of resources and time dictated 50 states and the district of columbia. >> dr. sharfstein, in your testimony broad authority over a delivery into interstate commerce so if it is just within estate or thin a territory fda doesn't have any jurisdiction or do work with the states then? in the territories? >> actually is a pretty broad statement because of the bottle comes from outside the state or the cap outside the stadium is sold within the stated counts as interstate and there's a presumption nine understand. it would be interested, but in theory there might be products that would be challenging authority over them although i'm not aware for water we h