Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost), who happens to be the Republican co-chair of the House Congressional Steel Caucus.

Mr. Chairman, I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cline), our new Member in his first term here.

Mr. Chairman, once again, I appreciate the opportunity to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), someone who realizes that not only does the base bill stop drilling, but if you add one of the amendments they have, you…

Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), who has unusual socks on today and who has been through these wars before. {time} 1245

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, we are here on September 11. It is an anniversary of an event that has been impactful for all of us and has definitely changed our country. We cannot forget that. Hopefully…

Madam Chair, I am going to end with the final conclusion, again, that it is a redundancy because it is already being done. Why don't you just mandate that everything we are doing in every other department be done at the same time? It would…

This amendment is perhaps well-intentioned. I am going to make that assumption. But the problem with this amendment is it is not a comprehensive amendment. The goal of this amendment is to specifically illustrate what kinds of issues will…

Mr. Chairman, in the original speech the gentleman from Rhode Island said he yielded back the balance of his time. Had he not yielded in the first speech?

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the concern that the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal) has for the LWCF. The issue though at hand is not necessarily what we have been appropriating for…

I am sorry. Had that actually been said after the first speech, I would have reserved. But I have yielded back. I am done with this. Unless you really want to go on, I would urge the gentleman to yield back and we will go on with the vote.

Mr. Chairman, I guess kind of in opposition. It really is not in opposition to the amendment in and of itself, except it illustrates some of the problems the Democrats have in creating this approach to an energy policy coming through here…

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 248, nays 180, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll…

Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to this amendment simply because the seismic activity that we are talking about has not been updated since the 1980s. So the biggest problem we have in here is, if you are going to do it with the Atlantic, you…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Once again, as we talk about seismic, realize there is a different approach to it. Not this administration, but the prior administration said there is no scientific policy that says any…

Mr. Chair, I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Utah is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chair, clearly, the best thing that can be said about this amendment is it is the last one of this particular bill, and we can move on. The negative part that I have to say about this amendment is the same thing I said about the other…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, we have three bills in this package of supposed Democrat energy. This is different than the other time. In the last bill we were talking about here on the floor--at…

Madam Chairwoman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson).