I thank the gentleman for his compliment, and I urge adoption of the bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge adoption and yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, S. 304. The question…

Today the Committee on Natural Resources continues its important oversight of the Endangered Species Act.

As was mentioned, this is a win-win proposition--at no cost to the taxpayer--cleaning up this mine, and I urge its support. It passed, again, by voice vote in the last Congress, and I hope it does so again in this Congress. I urge my…

I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the author of this legislation, who introduced it in the last Congress and in this Congress, the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Heck).

This is a good piece of legislation. I urge my colleagues to adopt it, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House…

I would ask my friend from California, I have no more requests for time and I'm prepared to yield back if the gentleman is prepared to yield back.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 697, the Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act, was introduced by our colleague from Nevada (Mr. Heck) on Valentine's Day and was marked up on June 12 of this year. The…

These destructive patterns that cost jobs and block public input must come to an end.

Our Nation's public lands and resources--from energy to minerals, timber and water--are an essential component of our economy.

Both ways of decisionmaking lack transparency and lead to bad policy decisions.

The threat of lawsuits should not drive public policy.

The federal government has been selling helium below market value, which up until now has undercut the private development of alternative sources.

Our forests, communities, and species deserve better than being placed at continual and increasing risk of catastrophic wildfires.

It's vital that we take steps to ensure a stable supply for the future.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing today. By now I think we all understand how important helium is to our 21st century economy...

Each year, wildfires in our nation's federal forests damage or destroy millions of acres across the United States.

An ounce of cure is worth a pound of prevention.

We need to also ensure that we are not becoming dependent on foreign sources of helium.

I'm hopeful we'll be able to get legislation signed into law that will prevent this immediate supply disruption, which of course would harm our economy.

Nuclear weapons production played a pivotal role in our Nation's defense for decades, helping to end the Second World War and to end the Cold War. Implementing these programs resulted in a large volume of radioactive waste that the Federal…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $9,518,000)''. Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount…

I, too, rise in strong opposition to this amendment. I do appreciate the gentlelady's concerns, particularly about science funding. However, Mr. Chairman, increasing funding for optional programs, as valuable as they may be, cannot come at…

I thank the gentlelady for her remarks. Again, I urge adoption of this amendment because this is a legal obligation. With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I hope we don't get to a CR, but thank you very much for that information. At this time, I would like to yield to my colleague from southwest Washington (Ms. Herrera Beutler), the gentlelady from the…