california, as someone who enjoys the beauty of my home state and the beauty of the coastline, i also understa that american technology, american ingenuity, american creativity that's applied elsewhere in the world could be produced here in the united states. why would we have an energy policy brought forward on this floor that ignores some of the most abundant sources of energy for this nation? makes no sense to me. surely i support alternative sources of energy, wind and solar. the traditional ones of hydroelect trick, thermal power -- hydroelectric, thermal power. but we cannot forget the abundant northerly resources we have in this country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. the house would said 6:30 p.m. eastern on the bills they will debate this afternoon. we have live coverage when the house returns here on the stand. now, we will take you live to a state department briefing in progress for about the last 15 minutes. we will join this in progr