Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2250. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

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

The gentleman's amendment would add a new section to H.R. 2250 directing the administrator to go on and implement the current boiler sector rules if emissions at industrial facilities are causing respiratory and cardiovascular illness and…

Our good friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts, talks about the American Boiler Manufacturers Association being opposed to our bill. And that's true. But they don't speak for those who own and operate boilers. They speak for themselves…

I just want to make one comment. I made the comment that the EPA did not quantify any health benefit from the reduction of mercury. I might also say that, in the court case, EPA tried to delay the Boiler MACT rule itself. In this…

The amendment offered by the gentlelady from Maryland would require that we adopt a finding by the EPA that its boiler and incinerator rules will create 2,200 net jobs. The reason that we respectfully oppose that is because that is EPA's…

I thank the gentleman from California. You're accurate. The Council of Industrial Boiler Owners was one. Also information we've received from the five labor unions on this issue point out some numbers. And then the other one was AF&PA…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Maryland will be postponed. Amendment No. 1 Offered by Ms. Schakowsky

I certainly have great respect for the gentlelady from Illinois. Her amendment basically reads that the Congress finds that mercury released into the ambient air is a potent neurotoxin. From the hearings that we've had and the discussions…

I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Griffith of Virginia) having assumed the chair, Mr. Yoder, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House…

Mr. Speaker, I move to table the gentleman's motion to appeal the ruling of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to lay the appeal on the table. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced…