I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), another member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, this bill brings a portion of the Endangered Species Act back in to the 21st…

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar), another member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I am very pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), a member of the working group.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), a member of the Natural Resources Committee. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the Endangered Species Act…

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer), who is the author of one of the provisions within this bill.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce), a former member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

I have an amendment made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 13, insert ``, State agency,'' after ``Governor''. Page 1, strike line 16 and…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart), a former member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Valadao), a very active Member on this issue.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga), an author of another provision of this bill.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank you for restoring a portion of the administration's proposed cut to the Richland Operations Office at Hanford in my district. I appreciate your willingness to work with me on funding…

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 Oregon will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Bishop of Utah The Acting CHAIR. It…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for offering this amendment. In many ways, Madam Chairman, this is indicative of the bureaucratic hoops that people have to jump through. Now, keep in mind, this lease sale in Virginia…

I yield myself the balance of the time. The observation has been made that these maybe should be renegotiated. Listen, Mr. Chairman, any contract can be renegotiated, as long as both sides want to renegotiate. But that was the law at the…

I have no further requests for time and am prepared to close. So at this point, I will reserve the balance of my time.

I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for offering the amendment, and I thank the gentleman for his kind remarks. I guess my career would never be complete unless we did this one more time. But…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairman, the offshore leasing process is managed by the Federal Government because the Outer Continental Shelves are under Federal jurisdiction; therefore, you have that regulation from the…

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment. I think, once again, the combination of what you and the gentleman from South Carolina said about the new technologies that will help us in the long run to develop our own energy resources…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I just want to make this point, which the gentleman from Texas pointed out. What we are saying, essentially, in the underlying bill is that we are not going to fund an executive order. Now…

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment. I think it is a very good amendment. That part of the South Atlantic needs to be treated, I think, as one entity just because of the nature of how the State lines are. I think the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I just want to make this point again. What does this amendment say? It prohibits the Secretary from canceling lease sales previously announced to be auctioned based on public comments…

This is one more procedural motion, and it seems to me we see a pattern here of procedural motions that distinguish the difference in philosophies between the two parties here. This is a good case in point. It seems like the Democrats'…

I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), another member of the Natural Resources Committee.

Americans are all too familiar with the economic hardships caused by $4 a gallon gasoline prices. I routinely hear from families in my central Washington district whose budgets are already being stretched thin and who can't afford the…