I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Mrs. Lummis), another member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), a former chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. (Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

How much time is remaining, Mr. Chairman? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 3 minutes remaining.

I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 2 Offered by…

To be clear, nothing in this act prohibits individuals from asserting their rights to petition the government. In fact, it would be ridiculous for us to try to write a statute that would negate the First Amendment, so nothing in this bill…

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), the gentleman from the State that certainly knows what oil production is about.

Woman, I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), a member of the committee.

Before I yield to my colleague from Ohio, I yield myself 1 minute to respond to my good friend, the minority leader. He characterized these bills as being not pressing. Mr. Chairman, I would point out that probably the biggest issue facing…

This amendment would increase regulatory red tape and opportunities for frivolous lawsuits to stop what we are trying to do here--American energy production and job creation. It would achieve the exact opposite of what our Nation needs and…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 1 minute remaining.

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 5\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), the sponsor of this legislation,

Let me be very clear that I do oppose this amendment. This amendment is costly and wasteful. The amendment would redirect $10 billion away from Federal permitting streamlining, which we know would help lower costs and produce more energy…

We all heard President Obama say, If you like your health care plan, you can keep, period. A constituent of mine from Yakima, Gary Bailey, writes: My wife and I are self-employed. Our provider just sent us a letter telling us that, due to…

We must embrace new or expanded storage so we can truly have 'all of the above' water supply strategy well into the future.

Conservation and construction of storage must go hand in hand for this to work.

This is a paradigm that must change because the supply and demand numbers simply do not add up.

I believe that America needs an 'all of the above' water supply strategy.

Conservation can and should play a role. However, it alone is not the answer.

I was kind of struck by what Mr. Costa said earlier.

I will continue to oppose these policies that change existing projects and their historical mission.

This discussion, I think, has been very good on both sides.

Surface storage continues to have lasting and positive impacts not only in my Central Washington District, but to the country in general.

I support this bill and urge my colleagues to support my amendment to retain Congress's traditional role in authorizing project purposes at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams and reservoirs. Corps dams and reservoirs throughout the Nation…

Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions.