I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford), my friend and colleague.

I listened with considerable interest to the exposition just given by our colleague. I find myself in agreement with much of what was said, particularly the concerns, the unknowns, and the fact that this amendment is going to wind up in a…

I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee.

It seems to me that we could have a trade agreement with India that would say, 'Terrific. How about the second third being American ships?'

I want to thank you, Chairman Hunter and Representative Garamendi, for your leadership, exploring ways to expand the U.S. fleet in all trades.

Name names. Go ahead. Name names.

The next questions really deal with the capacity of the American shipbuilding industry to produce LNG tankers.

As I mentioned at the close of my opening statement, Mr. Hunter, you and I have introduced legislation, H.R. 5270, the Growing American Shipping Act, to promote the use of American-flag vessels for the looming export of liquefied natural…

I think we just heard a 1-hour audition for FOX News, but we did not hear a solution to what is a very real problem. We didn't hear a call for a vote, which we are going to have to take if we are to carry out our constitutional…

Thank you, Mr. Peters, for your leadership in bringing to the attention of the entire Nation, and certainly to the 435 Members of this House, that there is a way to manage our forests and to deal with the fires that have plagued us so…

I am downright excited about this hearing. I am excited about the potential that we have to really strengthen our maritime industry and to build the American economy and provide a significant number of jobs.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for your leadership in promoting the maritime industry. It is exceedingly important.