I just wanted to make sure that the list of organizations, concerned citizens in Colorado and throughout the United States that are supporting H.R. 6089, to be able to submit their letters of support for the record.

This legislation will allow officials to move away from prescribed burns and allow our Governors and County Commissioners the necessary tools to protect their communities from devastating wildfires.

Everyone that we talked to agreed that more needs to be done to be able to manage our Federal forests.

We have a situation once again where Washington is fiddling while our States are burning.

Federal efforts to responsibly manage our forests and prevent conditions for fires that have ravaged Colorado and other Western States have been hampered by an unwieldy regulatory framework that systemically prevents progress toward…

I would like to urge my colleagues to join us in the strong coalition of support for a commonsense bill.

I have got senior citizens in Del Norte, Mono Vista, Alamosa, Cortez, Crawford, Hodgkiss, Edgar, some towns a lot of people have not even heard of, they cannot find a doctor that is willing to take Medicare.

I would like to thank you for your leadership on this issue.

No one is calling for absolute deregulation. It is just common sense regulations that we would like to be able to see.

It is an unending process that we are dealing with it seems like that is truly hurting our ability to be able to create jobs.

Does that create some uncertainty for you?

government is not holding itself to that same high standard.

the government's policies are inhibiting that development of capital to be directed in those directions.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the common ground that we have is seeking affordability and accessibility. ObamaCare fails on both counts. We've heard comments from our colleagues saying more is yet to come. That's exactly…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The ranking member just listed off many of the challenges the businesses face, and we agree. But let me add one more. A company in Pueblo, Colorado, PDI, employing better than 200 handicapped…

It will impact about 4 million people, 900,000 acre-feet of irrigated land, and 80 percent of Colorado's economy.

The bill reduces overhead so that more funding is dedicated actually to fish recovery.

a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado

The Endangered Fish Recovery Act--Species Fish Recovery Act of 2012, extending the authorization for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs will continue much-needed efforts to recover four endangered fish species.

Well, would I be correct in saying that such costs are 11 percent of transfers from the Upper Colorado Program and 22 percent from the San Juan Program?

We want to make sure that we are getting species recovery.

Thank you, Chairman Hastings, for yielding me time. America has always had a competitive advantage as a Nation. It's been the entrepreneurship, the hard work, the innovation of the American people. But we've also always had a different…

Rather than encouraging energy development off of our shores, as the President has done with his $2 billion loan guarantee to Brazil to develop their energy sources, if we're going to make those kind of investments, if we're going to look…

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 Colorado will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…