Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendments which are included in en bloc No. 1. My amendments are simply. I will sum them up in six words: Community Engagement, Education, Outreach, and Consultation. The impacts of climate change and…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 1\1/2\ minutes.

Mr. Chair, unlike the other amendments that we have had, this is the only one that is added here that actually has had a hearing. It has had a markup, it has gone through regular order, and it is the only one that is not doing something…

Mr. Chair, let's just say this: In concept once again, regardless of how one votes on this amendment, the issue is still significant. The issue is still being covered. The issue is already being done. There is a redundancy in some elements…

Mr. Chairman, I would actually ask to claim the time in opposition, though, once again, I am not really opposed to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 262, nays 151, not voting 17, as follows…

Mr. Chairman, we, once again, are in the same situation. This is not a bad idea, and it is not a bad concept. In fact, it is such a good concept, we are already doing it. So, if I quote NOAA in their testimony in our committee, the agency…

Mr. Chairman, this adds a finding to it. It doesn't have any cost. This is not a duplicative program because it is a finding, so I support this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is…

Mr. Chairman, this is, once again, where we have the same situation that the issue and the problem of which the gentleman from Florida speaks is real and it is there. The concept is it is already also being addressed. These are the kinds…

Mr. Chairman, this is one of those elements which, once again, the gentlewoman raises an issue that I think is right, it is good, and it is appropriate; and the idea that we should make sure these considerations take effect is an…

Mr. Chairman, I actually don't have great pleasure in doing that because Mr. Brown is a vital member of our committee, does a great job, and defends his State brilliantly. I appreciate him doing that. But, once again, the process we are…

Madam Chair, I appreciate especially the ability of putting all these amendments into en bloc to help move this process along. I am just looking at some of the issues that have been brought up already, and I am looking at the list of the…

Madam Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. What the gentleman from Louisiana was saying is exactly right. Actually, he had an amendment that could have helped with that problem that was not made in order by our crack Rules…

Madam Chair, I yield myself 2 minutes. Madam Chair, one of the things that the other side has been talking about is how we need a vision and need to plan for the future, which is true. The only problem is that the stuff we have before us…

Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Kevin Hern) so he can once again explain how there are three good bills in this package and a whole lot of other bad ones.

Madam Chair, I appreciate the gentleman from Maryland. He has got a good bill. It should be a suspension. We wouldn't even ask for a vote for it. There is nothing wrong that. Mr. Kilmer's H.R. 729 is a good, decent bill. What is so sad is…

Madam Chair, even though it has been said, you have already read it in some reports from the chairs of the committee of jurisdiction as well as the committee that could have sequential referral of this, that they approve adding some of the…

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, as we approach this particular piece of legislation, there are other issues that seem to be floating around at this time of year that seem to have sucked all the air out…