I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 20\1/2\ minutes remaining. Mr. DeFAZIO…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell), a strong advocate for all things transportation, a member of the powerful Committee on Ways and Means.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).

I thank the distinguished whip for his kind words, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, again, may I inquire as to the amount of time remaining on my side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel), a member of the committee.

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.

I next want to read a quote from a constituent of mine, Marty Yahner, a farmer from Cambria County, Pennsylvania. ``This illegal power grab clearly goes far beyond the power granted to the EPA by Congress through the Clean Water Act…

I strongly oppose this motion to recommit. First of all, it has nothing to do with drought. Second, it is just a backdoor attempt to allow the EPA to take control of all the waters in America. In addition to that, my colleagues from…

I have great regard for the gentlewoman from Maryland. I know that the Chesapeake Bay is incredibly important to not only Maryland, but the United States. The watershed I live in, much of it drains into the Susquehanna that flows into the…

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the distinguished majority leader. Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the chairman for his work on this issue. Mr…

It is now my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), the chairman of the Agriculture Committee.

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle, all of a sudden, want to see this rule; but, when we passed the ObamaCare bill, nobody seemed to care about what it said in it. Again, this is new for me from my colleagues from the other side…