I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 823, after line 20, insert the following: SEC. __. IMPLEMENTATION OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN RANGE-WIDE…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from the great State of Kansas (Ms. Jenkins), where they are working very diligently on a State level to repopulate the species.

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate everybody's concerns that may or may not live around the area, but the truth is, I do, and no one wants to protect the habitat more than I do. I have worked on this issue since arriving in Congress because I…

Correct, but what do they do with it? What limitations do they have with that information?

The concern is you were saying so much has changed in the business world over the last 30 years that we need to return to a rule that we had 30 years ago to catch up with what has happened in the last 30 years.

It is very, very important especially in our economy.

Mr. President, I have a concern. It is not about trade. Quite frankly, trade is one of the things we have done as a nation all along. We were free traders before we were a nation. One of the grievances we had in the Declaration of…

My time is up. There has not been an economic study on the impact of this?

My concern is this creates this artificial wall that actually diminishes the quality of our businesses, diminishes the incentive to start new franchises, and puts this fear into franchisors that I cannot really engage with the quality…

I do have some very serious concerns on the shift and the franchise rules as well, because of the way the definition is sitting out there.

This has been pending for 10 months. Do you know when this decision is going to be made by the Board?

Right, you are asking for the old standard.

I would be interested to know how that is managed because that is a potential that is sitting out there for individuals' private information.

I know this is hypothetical, but you are wading into territory that has serious long term implications for our economy and for a lot of people that want to start small businesses, and I would tell you to tread carefully.

We do not know, 2 weeks, 2 months, 2 years?

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Debt, Defense, and Directives and the Work Ahead

Mr. President, it is my honor to represent my family, my neighbors, and the millions of people in my very diverse State of Oklahoma. I am an ordinary Oklahoman. I do not come from a prominent political family or from any kind of political…

Mr. President, this is a great bill in many ways. There is a tremendous need. I have family members who are police officers, actually, in small, rural police forces. I have staff members who are former police officers. I understand the…