At this time, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Gibbs), chairman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources, someone who has great responsibility in crafting this legislation.

I will submit for the Record an exchange of letters between the Committee on Budget, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Chairman, I am proud today that we are considering one of my highest…

Can I inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 20\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from West Virginia has 25 minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the chairman for his generosity, and I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Chairman, I think there is substantial agreement here in that we need to put more…

I urge a ``no'' vote on the DeFazio amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair…

I thank the gentlelady for pointing that out; but I would also point out that it was the chairman of the Senate Committee who I believe put that provision in there. So in that case, once again, she was the goose and I was the gander. I may…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina, and I thank you for raising this issue. We will be happy to try to work with you as we go through conference to look into what you are talking about and making sure we do what is right for the…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) to control. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster)? There was no objection. Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Texas, Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee.

I thank the Chair, and I yield myself the remaining time. I also thank members from the other side of the aisle, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Bishop of New York, and their staff for all their hard work and for working together to produce a bipartisan…

I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the distinguished Policy Committee chairman.