investing in our country's future should be Congress' number one priority - not corporate tax breaks, or lowering the estate tax.

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 162, line 5, strike ``into the'' and all that follows through line 15, and insert ``for projects that…

Before I speak to my amendment, I want to acknowledge the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Napolitano) for her input on this amendment and for her long advocacy for water reuse, recycling, and conservation, and for emphasizing that we…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding me the time and for the good work he has done on the water issues in our committee and for the rational thought he brings to the discussion. Mr. Chairman, the Endangered Species Act is not…

Do you really care about poor people?

The Federal Government should be raising the bar, not settling for the lowest common denominator.

The fact remains that you set a floor here.

I fundamentally don't have a problem with that concept, because I believe in it.

I believe that the Bureau of Land Management's rule for fracking is much too weak.

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the underlying legislation and to the Salmon amendment. Once again, we are considering legislation that does nothing to improve equity in our public education system…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of Texas

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: hunting, fishing…