Steven Holt

Oh, this is very definitely a revenue-raising measure, because they have this hard-and-fast principle against collecting revenue from people who can afford to pay it and who are doing well. {time} 1940

May I ask the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey has 45 seconds remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike page 59, line 15, and all that follows through page 72, line 12. Strike page 72, line…

I was attending the funeral of our late Senate colleague Frank Lautenberg earlier today in New York City. I missed several rollcall votes on amendments to this bill. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on the Moore amendment…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time until the other side is ready to close.

I'm pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson).

The so-called ``Working Families Flexibility Act'' would amend and would subvert the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in order to allow private sector employers to compensate their employees instead of paying them overtime. It gives…

I thank my friend from Texas, and I think the gentleman's amendment is a good one. It will clarify that producers of helium may connect to the Federal helium reserve to store helium. And by seeking to provide incentives for additional…

I appreciate the gentleman's amendment, which reiterates language that is in the underlying bill, and we have no objection to it on the minority side. I applaud the gentleman for bringing it forward.

I would like to add to his economic numbers the fiscal fact that this does not appropriate any funds. We are just reauthorizing existing legislation and extending it. I thank the gentleman.

With that, I will repeat my advice to my colleagues that we support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1710

H.R. 254, introduced by my friend Mr. Chaffetz of Utah, would allow for the production of hydropower at existing facilities by deferring the debt associated with hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System, as you have heard. This…