John W. Olver: “I rise in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.”

My very competent staff tells me that we have been requiring this in the Mexican trucking controversy over the past few years. We've been fighting over that one back and forth for years and years now, and I can't remember whether there was…

Reclaiming my time, the language of the amendment, as I have it before me, says none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of California, or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

And this was an executive order promulgated by President Clinton or by President Bush?

There are no funds made available in this Act for high-speed rail. None. And so, since this is a 1-year bill, I don't think this amendment does very much. The gentleman from California has a problem with a process that has been going on…